White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960

White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960
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Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0807855146
ISBN-13 : 9780807855140
Rating : 4/5 (140 Downloads)

Book Synopsis White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960 by : Lisa Lindquist Dorr

Download or read book White Women, Rape, and the Power of Race in Virginia, 1900-1960 written by Lisa Lindquist Dorr and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades, historians have primarily analyzed charges of black-on-white rape in the South through accounts of lynching or manifestly unfair trial proceedings, suggesting that white southerners invariably responded with extralegal violence and sham trial


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