Lynching to Belong
Author | : Cynthia Skove Nevels |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781603444583 |
ISBN-13 | : 1603444580 |
Rating | : 4/5 (580 Downloads) |
Download or read book Lynching to Belong written by Cynthia Skove Nevels and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nevels argues that five racially motivated murders of black men in Brazos County, Texas, point to an emerging social phenomenon of the time: the desire of newly arrived European immigrants to assert their place in society and the use of racial violence to achieve that end.