Describes the brutal killing of a young black man and subsequent conviction of two Klansmen in 1981 Alabama and the civil suit that exposed the true motives and philosophy of the organization and ultimately bankrupted them.
Record details
ISBN:9780062458346 (hardcover) :
ISBN:0062458345 (hardcover)
Physical Description:print regular print x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:First edition.
Publisher:New York :William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,[2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-358) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: Fists against the earth -- Night of the burning cross -- A time of judgment -- Roll call of justice -- Where are they now?
Summary: Describes the brutal killing of a young black man and subsequent conviction of two Klansmen in 1981 Alabama and the civil suit that exposed the true motives and philosophy of the organization and ultimately bankrupted them.