Thirteen Loops : Race, Violence, and the Last Lynching in America.

Thirteen Loops : Race, Violence, and the Last Lynching in America.

Thirteen Loops: Race, Violence, and the Last Lynching in America recounts the story of three innocent victims, all of whom suffered violent deaths through no fault of their own: Vaudine Maddox in 1933 in Tuscaloosa, Sergeant Gene Ballard in 1979 in Birmingham, and Michael Donald in 1981 in Mobile. T...

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Main Author: Hollars, B. J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Donald, Michael, > 1961-1981.
Maddox, Vaudine, > -1933.
Ballard, Gene, > -1979.
Lynching > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Violence > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Racism > Alabama > History > 20th century.
Alabama > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Mobile (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: Braiding the Rope; Part I: Tying the Knot; First Loop: A Pail of Flour
  • Tuscaloosa, June-August 1933; Third Loop: A Motel Swimming Pool
  • Birmingham, November 29, 1979; Second Loop: A Challenge
  • Tuscaloosa, August-October 1933; Fourth Loop: A Flower in the Forest
  • Birmingham, November 29-December 4, 1979; Part II: The Last Lynching; Fifth Loop: A Pack of Cigarettes
  • Mobile, March 20-21, 1981; Sixth Loop: A Domestic Disturbance
  • Mobile, March 20-21, 1981; Seventh Loop: A Beating in Baldwin County
  • Mobile, March 17, 1981.
  • Eighth Loop: A Klavern in the Woods
  • Mobile, March 18-21, 1981Ninth Loop: A Cross, a Dummy, a Phone Call
  • Mobile, March 21, 1981; Part III: Untangling; Tenth Loop: A Confession
  • Mobile, June 1983-February 1987; Eleventh Loop: A Verdict
  • Mobile, February 1987; Twelfth Loop: A Date with Yellow Mama
  • Holman Correctional Facility, February 1984-June 6, 1997; Thirteenth Loop: A Retelling
  • Mobile, Present Day; Conclusion: The Rope Unraveled; Bibliographic Essay; Bibliography; Index.

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