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Racial violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: lynchings, mob rule, and "legal lynchings"

Wright, George C.

Year: c1990.

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press.

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Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Kentucky Violence, Severe and Long Lasting

ONE Reconstruction: Using Violence to Preserve the Status Quo, 1865-1874

TWO "Lynchings Are Necessary," 1875-1899

THREE "To Hang in an Orderly Fashion," 1900-1940

FOUR Ousting "Troublemakers"

FIVE Holding Back a Rising Tide, 1875-1899

SIX Meeting Mob Violence with Renewed Determination, 1900-1940

SEVEN "A Sacrifice Upon the Altar of the Law," 1875-1899

EIGHT Color-Coded Justice: Racial Violence Under the Law, 1900-1940

APPENDIX A Victims of Lynchings

APPENDIX B Names of People Legally Executed

Selected Bibliography

Index

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Title:

Racial violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940 : lynchings, mob rule, and "legal lynchings" George C. Wright.

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Wright, George C

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Racial violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940 : lynchings, mob rule, and "legal lynchings" George C. Wright.
Wright, George C
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, c1990.

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Subject Headings:

• Lynching -- Kentucky -- History
• Capital punishment -- Kentucky -- History
• African Americans -- Crimes against -- Kentucky -- History
• Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Kentucky -- History
• Kentucky -- Race relations

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