Lynched : The Power of Memory in a Culture of Terror /

This book chronicles the history and aftermath of lynching in America. By rooting her work in oral histories, Angela D. Sims gives voice to the memories of African American elders who remember lynching not only as individual acts but as a culture of violence, domination, and fear. Lynched preserves...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sims, Angela D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Terrorism.
Psychology, Religious.
Lynching.
African American Christians.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
RELIGION > Christian Theology.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
psychology of religion.
terrorism.
Psychologie religieuse.
Terrorisme.
Lynchage > États-Unis > Histoire.
Chretiens noirs americains > Biographies.
Terrorism
Memory > Moral and ethical aspects.
Lynching > United States > History.
African American Christians > Biography.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Echoes of a not so distant past: African Americans remember lynching
  • Courageous truth telling: Historical remembrance as an ethical-theological mandate
  • Faithful witness: Oral narratives and human agency
  • Unrelenting tenacity: In the shadow of the lynching tree
  • Lessons, concerns, hopes: Embodying an ethic of resilient resistance.

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