Blood at the root a racial cleansing in America

"A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia and ... testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America ... Patrick Phillips breaks the century-long silence of his hometown and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first c...

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Main Author: Phillips, Patrick, 1970- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York ; London : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: "A gripping tale of racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia and ... testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America ... Patrick Phillips breaks the century-long silence of his hometown and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape America in the twenty-first century"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description: xxii, 302 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-284) and index.
ISBN: 9780393293012
0393293017
Author Notes: Patrick Phillips is an award-winning poet, translator, and professor. 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 Stanford University.