Devils Walking : Klan Murders along the Mississippi in the 1960s /

"After midnight on December 10, 1964, in Ferriday, Louisiana, African American Frank Morris awoke to the sound of breaking glass. Outside his home and shoe shop, standing behind the shattered window, Klansmen tossed a lit match inside the store, now doused in gasoline, and instantly set the bui...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Stanley, 1955 September 18- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > Interviews.
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) > History > 20th century.
Witnesses.
Racism against Black people.
Race relations.
Murder > Investigation.
Murder.
Interviews.
Corruption.
African Americans > Violence against.
Corruption > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Entretiens > Mississippi.
Meurtre > Enquêtes > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Meurtre > Mississippi > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Corruption > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Racism against Black people > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Interviews > Mississippi.
Witnesses > Mississippi > Interviews.
Murder > Investigation > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Murder > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Violence against > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi.
Mississippi > Relations raciales > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
History.
interviews.
Interview
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why Frank?
  • 2. The Kingpin, Big Frank DeLaw, and the Klan
  • 1964
  • 3. Abductions, Whippings, and Murder
  • 4. Superior by Blood
  • 5. A Great Storm Gathering
  • 6. A Declaration of War
  • 7. "The Colored People of Concordia Parish"
  • 1965
  • 8. Why Do They Hate Us So?"
  • 9. "Crippled Johnny" and the Alcoholic Mechanic
  • 10. Utlaw Country
  • 1966
  • 11. "Oh, Lord, What Have I Done to Deserve This?"
  • 1967
  • 12. Code Name: Wharbom
  • Epilogue: New Investigations
  • Appendix: Biographies.

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