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On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-FirstCentury
Sherrilyn A. Ifill

Beacon Press, 2008

Nearly 5,000 black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960, and as Sherrilyn Ifill argues, the effects of this racial trauma continue to resound. Ifill issues a clarion call for the many American communities with histories of racial violence to be proactive in facing this legacy. On the Courthouse Lawn?a landmark book?is a much-needed road map to help communities finally confront lynching's long shadow by embracing pragmatic reconciliation ...

On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century

3 reviews
Sherrilyn A. Ifill

Beacon Press, 2007

Highly recommended!
In the aftermath of Michael Richards' racist meltdown in 2006, I found it curious that outrage focused primarily on his spewing of the n-word, whereas his casual reference to his alleged heckler being a candidate for lynching not long ago drew comparatively little comment in the white media. Then again, perhaps it's not surprising. Nearly 5,000 black Americans were lynched between 1890 and ...

Racial reconciliation: across the South, communities are creating truth and reconciliation commissions to ...
Sherrilyn A. Ifill

Thomson Gale, 2007

This digital document is an article from Colorlines Magazine, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1159 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Racial reconciliation: across the South, ...