Death In The Delta
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A Death In The Delta
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Author : Stephen J. Whitfield
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1991-11
A Death In The Delta written by Stephen J. Whitfield and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Here is the full, shocking story of the lynching that exposed the true brutality of the nation's tradition of racism to a confident prosperous post-World War II America and helped ignite the 1960s civil rights movement.
Death In The Delta
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Author : Molly Walling
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2012-08-11
Death In The Delta written by Molly Walling and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Growing up, Molly Walling could not fathom the source of the dark and intense discomfort in her family home. Then in 2006 she discovered her father's complicity in the murder of two black men on December 12, 1946, in Anguilla, deep in the Mississippi Delta. Death in the Delta tells the story of one woman's search for the truth behind a closely held, sixty-year old family secret. Though the author's mother and father decided that they would protect their three children from that past, its effect was profound. When the story of a fatal shoot-out surfaced, apprehension turned into a devouring need to know. Each of Walling's trips from North Carolina to the Delta brought unsettling and unexpected clues. After a hearing before an all-white grand jury, her father's case was not prosecuted. Indeed, it appeared as if the incident never occurred, and he resumed his life as a small-town newspaper editor. Yet family members of one of the victims tell her their stories. A ninety-three-year-old black historian and witness gives context and advice. A county attorney suggests her family's history of commingling with black women was at the heart of the deadly confrontation. Firsthand the author recognizes how privilege, entitlement, and racial bias in a wealthy, landed southern family resulted in a deadly abuse of power followed by a stifling, decades-long cover up. Death in the Delta is a deeply personal account of a quest to confront a terrible legacy. Against the advice and warnings of family, Walling exposes her father's guilty agency in the deaths of Simon Toombs and David Jones. She also exposes his gift as a writer and creative thinker. The author, grappling with wrenching issues of family and honor, was long conflicted about making this story public. But her mission became one of hope that confronting the truth might somehow move others toward healing and reconciliation.
Death Of A Delta
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Death Of A Delta written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Peace River (B.C. and Alta.) categories.
Life And Death In The Delta
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Author : K. Rogers
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2006-02-04
Life And Death In The Delta written by K. Rogers and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-02-04 with History categories.
Terrorism, black poverty, and economic exploitation produced a condition of collective trauma and social suffering for thousands of black Deltans in the Twentieth Century. Based on oral histories with African American activists and community leaders, this work reveals the impact of that oppression.
Murder At Camp Delta
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Author : Joseph Hickman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-02-23
Murder At Camp Delta written by Joseph Hickman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-23 with Political Science categories.
Retired Army Staff Sergeant Hickman's full eyewitness account of the night of June 9, 2006, and his four-year investigation into the facts behind what happened at Guantanamo Bay.
Deer Creek Drive
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Author : Beverly Lowry
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2022-08-02
Deer Creek Drive written by Beverly Lowry and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-02 with True Crime categories.
The stunning true story of a murder that rocked the Mississippi Delta and forever shaped one author’s life and perception of home. “Mix together a bloody murder in a privileged white family, a false accusation against a Black man, a suspicious town, a sensational trial with colorful lawyers, and a punishment that didn’t fit the crime, and you have the best of southern gothic fiction. But the very best part is that the story is true.” —John Grisham In 1948, in the most stubbornly Dixiefied corner of the Jim Crow south, society matron Idella Thompson was viciously murdered in her own home: stabbed at least 150 times and left facedown in one of the bathrooms. Her daughter, Ruth Dickins, was the only other person in the house. She told authorities a Black man she didn’t recognize had fled the scene, but no evidence of the man's presence was uncovered. When Dickins herself was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, the community exploded. Petitions pleading for her release were drafted, signed, and circulated, and after only six years, the governor of Mississippi granted Ruth Dickins an indefinite suspension of her sentence and she was set free. In Deer Creek Drive, Beverly Lowry—who was ten at the time of the murder and lived mere miles from the Thompsons’ home—tells a story of white privilege that still has ramifications today, and reflects on the brutal crime, its aftermath, and the ways it clarified her own upbringing in Mississippi.
Dead On The Delta
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Author : Stacey Jay
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-05-31
Dead On The Delta written by Stacey Jay and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-31 with Fiction categories.
Once upon a time, fairies were the stuff of bedtime stories and sweet dreams. Then came the mutations, and the dre-ams became nightmares. Mosquito-size fairies now indulge their taste for human blood—and for most humans, a fairy bite means insanity or death. Luckily, Annabelle Lee isn’t most humans. The hard-drinking, smart-mouthed, bicycle-riding redhead is immune to fairy venom, and able to do the dirty work most humans can’t. Including helping law enforcement— and Cane Cooper, the bayou’s sexiest detective—collect evidence when a body is discovered outside the fairy-proof barricades of her Louisiana town. But Annabelle isn’t equipped to deal with the murder of a sixyear- old girl or a former lover-turned-FBI snob taking an interest in the case. Suddenly her already bumpy relationship with Cane turns even rockier, and even the most trust-worthy friends become suspects. Annabelle’s life is imploding: between relationship drama, a heartbreaking murder investigation, Breeze-crazed drug runners, and a few too many rum and Cokes, Annabelle is a woman on the run—from her past, toward her future, and into the arms of a darkness waiting just for her. . . .
Delta Time
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Author : Ken Light
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Release Date : 1995
Delta Time written by Ken Light and has been published by Smithsonian Books (DC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Photography categories.
A social documentary photographer whose work has appeared in books, magazines, and countless exhibitions presents a photographic journey through the poorest communities of the Mississippi Delta. More than 100 duotone photos capture the legacy of sharecroppers, racism, and poverty in the Deep South--a land where time has brought little change.
Escaping The Delta
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Author : Elijah Wald
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2012-04-24
Escaping The Delta written by Elijah Wald and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-24 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black audience of his time yet now celebrated as the greatest figure in blues history. Trying to separate myth from reality, biographer Elijah Wald studies the blues from the inside -- not only examining recordings but also the recollections of the musicians themselves, the African-American press, as well as examining original research. What emerges is a new appreciation for the blues and the movement of its artists from the shadows of the 1930s Mississippi Delta to the mainstream venues frequented by today's loyal blues fans.
Some Deaths In The Delta And Other Poems
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Author : Rosellen Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Some Deaths In The Delta And Other Poems written by Rosellen Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Poetry categories.