100 Years of Lynching

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Ginzburg compiles vivid newspaper accounts from 1886 to 1960 to provide insight and understanding of the history of racial violence.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>First published in 1962 </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>100 Years of Lynchings</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)> is as relevant today as it was then. It presents the reader with vivid newspaper accounts of a red record of racial atrocities. It is a simple and straight forward presentation. Lacking narration the news articles speak for themselves. Through them we witness a history of racial atrocities that we cannot afford to forget. Ginzburg skillfully selected articles from a wide range of papers large and small radical and conservative white and Black. Through them he has created a documentary of lynchings. The collection of articles which extend into the 1960s provides a sobering view of American history. Few who read the book will remain unaffected by this view.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>Through Ralph Ginzburg's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)>100 Years of Lynchings</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(68 68 68 1)> we gain insight and understanding of the magnitude of racial violence. The hidden past is illuminated to rekindle the defensive vigilance of this generation.</span></p><p><br></p>