Lynching In North Carolina: A History, 1865-1941

Synopsis

From The End Of The Civil War Until The Mid-1920s, The Culture Of Lynching Prospered In North Carolina. Between 1865 And 1941, At Least 168 North Carolinians Lost Their Lives To This Form Of Mob Violence. This Work Provides A List Of All 168 Documented Lynchings, Including A Detailed Account Of The More Infamous Occasions--provided By Publisher. Introduction: A Place In Lynching Lore -- Lynching The Carolina Way -- Norlina -- The Lynching Of Plummer Bullock -- A Well-deserved Punishment -- Canada, O Canada -- The Old North State -- One Million Klansmen -- Law And Order Must Prevail: North Carolina Efforts To Punish Lynch Mob Members 1919-1923 -- The Needleman Case -- You Don't Know What The Law Will Do To You? A Move Toward Legal Lynching -- Lynching In North Carolina 1930-1935 -- A Matter For The Judiciary -- Summary -- Appendix I. Other Notable Lynchings -- Appendix Ii. North Carolina Lynchings, 1865-1941 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Vann R. Newkirk. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 191-200) And Index.