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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Leamer, Laurence.     Subjects     Donald, Michael, 1961-1981 -- Death and burial.     Dees, Morris.     United Klans of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Alabama -- History.     Lynching -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.     Racism -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Mobile -- Case studies.     Hate groups -- United States -- History.     Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Leamer, Laurence.       by title:      The lynching : the e...       by call number:      364.134 L436L     Search the Web     Leamer, Laurence.     Donald, Michael, 1961-1981 -- Death and burial.     Dees, Morris.     United Klans of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Alabama -- History.     Lynching -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.     Racism -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.     Blacks -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Mobile -- Case studies.     Hate groups -- United States -- History.     Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.       MARC Display

The lynching : the epic courtroom battle that brought down the Klan / Laurence Leamer. by Leamer, Laurence. William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins, [2016] Call #: 364.134 L436L Subjects Donald, Michael, 1961-1981 -- Death and burial.   Dees, Morris.   United Klans of America -- Trials, litigation, etc.   Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Alabama -- History.   Lynching -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.   Racism -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.   Blacks -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Mobile -- Case studies.   Hate groups -- United States -- History.   Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780062458346 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-358) and index. Contents:  Prologue: fists against the earth -- Night of the Burning Cross. Klan business ; A public display ; Thirteen knots ; "Good job, Tiger" ; A precious enclave ; The Klan's signature ; The value of things ; Bloody nails ; An open casket ; A major injustice ; Missionary work ; Prayers in the night ; A lesser crime ; Black sheep ; A capital offense ; The second-most-hated man ; A matter of justice ; "The forces of evil" ; "Sizzling of the flesh" ; A verdict -- A Time of Judgment. "Where in the hell" ; Sunday school ; Turning back the tide ; "Who is Shelton?" ; The day of reckoning ; Freedom rides ; A personal brawl ; Riding again ; Eternal vigilance ; The schoolhouse door ; Good working people ; "Seeds of hate" ; A race thing ; Scrawny pine ; A follower of Christ ; A pain in the stomach ; A political prisoner ; Never ; Censored ; Lowering the boom ; Private matters ; Fighting the fight ; A wannabe -- Roll Call of Justice. "Novel, but unlikely" ; An eye for an eye ; A clear and powerful message ; Natural consequences ; A book of prophecy ; "As you lie, you forget" ; Intruders in the night ; "Blood will flow" ; Shots in the night ; The end of an era ; Sending a signal ; Curveballs ; "Nice job, Daddy"; Purity of the race ; A jury of one's peers ; Trading places ; "That's my mom" ; Remembrance ; A question of justice ; Death has no hold. Summary:  "A brutal race-based killing in 1981 and subsequent trials that undid one of the most pernicious organizations in American history - the Ku Klux Klan. On a Friday night in March 1981 Henry Hays and James Knowles scoured the streets of Mobile in their car, hunting for a black man. The young men were members of Klavern 900 of the United Klans of America. They were seeking to retaliate after a largely black jury could not reach a verdict in a trial involving a black man accused of the murder of a white man. The two Klansmen found nineteen-year-old Michael Donald walking home alone. Hays and Knowles abducted him, beat him, cut his throat, and left his body hanging from a tree branch in a racially mixed residential neighborhood. Arrested, charged, and convicted, Hays was sentenced to death - the first time in more than half a century that the state of Alabama sentenced a white man to death for killing a black man. On behalf of Michael's grieving mother, Morris Dees, the legendary civil rights lawyer and cofounder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, filed a civil suit against the members of the local Klan unit involved and the UKA, the largest Klan organization. Charging them with conspiracy, Dees put the Klan on trial, resulting in a verdict that would level a deadly blow to its organization. The Lynching brings to life two dramatic trials, during which the Alabama Klan's motives and philosophy were exposed for the evil they represent."--Provided by publisher. Genre:  True crime. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Dartmouth North Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 364.134 L436L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 364.134 L436L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 364.134 L436L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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