| On the Courthouse Lawn: Revised Edition Contributor(s): Ifill, Sherrilyn (Author), Stevenson, Bryan (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0807023043 ISBN-13: 9780807023044 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - True Crime - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 364.134 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This exploration of the effects of lynching in the U.S. speaks powerfully to us in these times that have witnessed the creation of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Nearly five thousand black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960, and the effects of this racial trauma continue to resound. Inspired by South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and drawing on techniques of restorative justice, Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, offers concrete ways for communities to heal. She also issues a clarion call for communities with histories of racial violence to be proactive in facing this legacy. This revised edition speaks powerfully to us in these times that have witnessed the creation of the Legacy Museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. e new foreword from Bryan Stevenson helps readers to better understand contemporary struggles and come to terms with the legacy of racial terror in the United States. In a new afterword, Ifill reflects on the recent strides made throughout the country to break the silence surrounding lynching and to recognize the victims of violence.Th |