The Lynching

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The New York Times bestselling author of The Kennedy Women chronicles the powerful and spellbinding true story of 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 nearly a century that the state of Alabama had found a white man guilty of killing a black man On behalf of Michael s grieving mother, Morris Dees, the legendary civil rights lawyer and co founder 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.Based on countless interviews and extensive archival research, The Lynching brings to life two dramatic trials, during which the Alabama Klan s motives and philosophy were exposed for the evil they represent In addition to telling a gripping and consequential story, Laurence Leamer chronicles the KKK and its activities in the second half the twentieth century, and illuminates its lingering effect on race relations in America today. Download The Lynching By Laurence Leamer – kino-fada.fr America s race wars seem to be on the rise again, as the general populace is asked to reaffirm that certain lives matter While the imagery is horrible and the bloodshed excessive, it pales in comparison to some of the clashes that became weekly occurrences in the South for decades The Civil War sought to rectify some...What a great book, if you want to understand a little bitabout the Civil Rights movement and the impact it hadyou should read this book, in 1981 a young black man was lynched , an occurrence that had not happened in a long time and that many people had tough would not happen again, but under the influence of the Klan and its leader 2 young member had done the deed, this book is about the legal case that saw them all the way to federal court and the quest of a young tourney to use the ca What a great book, if you want to understand a little bitabout the Civil Rights movement and the impact it hadyou should read this book, in 1981 a young black man was lynched , an occurrence that had not happened in a long time and that many people had tough would not happen again, but under the influence of t...Needs to be required reading in school You can also check out my review of this book hereA Must read Engrossing, spellbinding, heartfelt are the words that came to mind when I finished this grippingly readable true crime narrative This book is narrative non fiction at its best in the same vein as Devil in the Grove Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America This time the spotlight is shining on Alabama, spec...As the title claims, Laurence Leamer s latest book is a worthwhile recounting of a landmark legal case against the United Klans of America UKA But Leamer casts an even wider net In addition to recounting the events surrounding the murder of nineteen year old Michael Donald and the lawsuit that resulted from it, The Lynching retells events from the darkest days of the Civil Rights Era Pre...Clever Legal Strategy but Will it Work THE LYNCHING is a fascinating story of a determined lawyer bankrupting the Klan This book is not actually about the criminal trial rather, it s how attorney Morris Dees used a novel legal approach in a CIVIL trial to completely destroy the organization Dees hoped the amount would be so large that it would dramatically announce that the Klan could no longer commit violent acts against black people As a side benefit of the civil trial, further crimina Clever Legal Strategy but Will it Work THE LYNCHING is a fascinating story of a determined lawyer bankrupting the Klan This book is not actually about the criminal trial rather, it s how attorney Morris Dees used a novel legal approach in a CIVIL trial to completely destroy the organization Dees hoped the amount would be so large that it would dramatically announce that the Klan could no longer co...This is a powerful book about a lynching in Mobile, Alabama that took place in 1981 and the trial that linked this crime to the United Klans of America It is also the story of Morris Dees who evolved from being a supporter of George Wallace to founding the Southern Poverty Law Center and who successfully prosecuted the case as a civil suit.The beginning of the book that covers the actual crime is especially powerful On the one hand, the Klan, the peope who are members and it s secret rituals This is a powerful book about a lynching in Mobile, Alabama that took place in 1981 and the trial that linked this crime to the United Klans of America It is also the story of Morris Dees who evolved from being a supporter of George Wallace to founding the Southern Poverty Law Center and who successfully prosecuted...The Lynching was not what I expected, which was a longer and possibly sensational court trial Instead, it is a very readable history of the civil rights movement in Alabama Yes, it reports the murder of an African American teen in Mobile in the 1980 s and how justice was finally accomplished and how that led to the demise of the Klan It does so muchthan that because it recounts the fear the white supremacists caused and the struggles of the movement in the 1960 s, thus putting the murde The Lynching was not what I expected, which was a longer and possibly sensational court trial Instead, it is a very readable history of the civil rights movement in Alabama Yes, it reports the murder of an African American teen in...The Lynching The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down The Klan by Laurence Leamer jumped out at me when I picked out audio book Why didn t I remember this event I thought back I was working plenty of overtime during the trial Being so tired, I did not listen to the news, I just went right to bed This subject is topical because of the resurgence of the Neo Nazis and the Klan.Michael Donald, a nineteen year old black man was killed by two Klansman in Mobile, Alabama He was unarmed, had not The Lynching The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down The Klan by Laurence Leamer jumped out at me when I picked out audio book Why didn t I remember this event I thought back I was working plenty of overtime during the trial Being so tired, I did not listen to the news, I just went right to bed This subject is topical because of the resurgence of the Neo Nazis and the Klan.Michael Donald, a nineteen year old black man was...Such an awful crime and the fact that it happened so relatively recently was very hard for me when I first learned about it while living in Mobile, AL A faculty member at my prior institution is quoted and had worked on the Nightline discussion of the case and some of the commemorative activities depicted in 2006 photographs were things I followed That didn t save the fact that this book is just terribly written and edited clearly the author wasn t sure whose story he really wanted to tell, Such an awful crime and the fact that it happened so relatively recently was very hard for ...

The Lynching
  • 18 October 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 384 pages
  • 0062458345
  • Laurence Leamer
  • The Lynching