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[Patrick Phillips] ✓ Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America ¾ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, Phillips breaks a century-long silence and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. One man was dragged from a jail cell and lynched on the town square, two teenagers were hung after a one-day trial, and soon bands of white “night riders” launched a coordinated campaign of arson and terror, driving all 1,098 black citizens out of the county. The charred ruins of homes and churches dis
| Title | : | Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.79 (623 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393293017 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, Phillips breaks a century-long silence and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century. One man was dragged from a jail cell and lynched on the town square, two teenagers were hung after a one-day trial, and soon bands of white “night riders” launched a coordinated campaign of arson and terror, driving all 1,098 black citizens out of the county. The charred ruins of homes and churches disappeared into the weeds, until the people and places of black Forsyth were forgotten.National Book Award finalist Patrick Phillips tells Forsyth’s tragic story in vivid detail and traces its long history of racial violence all the way back to antebellum Georgia. 36 illustrations. In the wake of the expulsions, whites harvested the crops and took over the livestock of their former neighbors, and quietly laid claim to “abandoned” land. A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia, and a harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America.Forsyth County, Georgia, at the turn of the tw
A Guggenheim and NEA Fellow, his poetry collection, Elegy for a Broken Machine, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Phillips lives in Brooklyn and teaches at Drew University. . Patrick Phillips is an award-winning poet, translator, and professor
Ralph Eubanks, author of Ever is a Long Time: A Journey in Mississippi’s Dark Past)“This is a gripping, timely, and important examination of American racism, and Phillips tells it with rare clarity and power.” (Publisher's Weekly (starred))“Phillips brings a journalist’s crisp perspective to this precise and disquieting account of a reprehensible and underreported chapter in America’s racial history.” (Booklist, Starred review)“An impressive reckoning with a shameful piece of the past.” (Kirkus
Adam Houston said A forgotten history that was difficult to face. Blood at the Root is a challenging and important book. As a resident of Forsyth Country, the history related in the book was at times very difficult to face, but it's a story that needs to be told. Growing up here I always thought the stories about the past were more like a racist version of Keyser Söze, but Phillips strips away the ghost stories and puts you face to face with the actual lives that were lived and lost in 191"A forgotten history that was difficult to face" according to Adam Houston. Blood at the Root is a challenging and important book. As a resident of Forsyth Country, the history related in the book was at times very difficult to face, but it's a story that needs to be told. Growing up here I always thought the stories about the past were more like a racist version of Keyser Söze, but Phillips strips away the ghost stories and puts you face to face with the actual lives that were lived and lost in 1912. Over the last 100 years time and politicians have worked to smoot. . Over the last 100 years time and politicians have worked to smoot. OMG. A must read book. I got this L. Heiser OMG. A must read book. I got this book on audible and listened to it over a long car trip. It was totally mesmerizing and ultimately fascinating. While the basic material is of course utterly dark, I was able to listen without taking breaks and I was always interested and never repulsed by this book. All the information it provides is available to us piecemeal, but what this author does is provide a compelling coherent portrait of the many threads of racism in the U.S. pulled together in a stunni. Brian said Must read!. As a current resident of Forsyth county GA since "Must read!" according to Brian. As a current resident of Forsyth county GA since 2009 this explains much about the area of Forsyth as well as GA: both past and present. This should be on lesson plans across Georgia as well as the US. We'll done!. 009 this explains much about the area of Forsyth as well as GA: both past and present. This should be on lesson plans across Georgia as well as the US. We'll done!
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