The violent world of Broadus Miller : a story of murder, lynch mobs, and judicial punishment in the Carolinas /

The violent world of Broadus Miller : a story of murder, lynch mobs, and judicial punishment in the Carolinas /

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Author / Creator:	Young, Kevin W., author.
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
Description:	240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Miller, Broadus, -- -1927. African Americans -- North Carolina -- Social conditions -- To 1964. African Americans -- South Carolina -- Social conditions -- To 1964. Murder -- North Carolina -- Morganton -- History -- 20th century. Lynching -- North Carolina -- History -- 20th century. North Carolina -- Race relations. South Carolina -- Race relations.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13475582

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ISBN:	9781469679006 1469679000 9781469679013 1469679019 9781469679020 9798890887627
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In the summer of 1927, an itinerant Black laborer named Broadus Miller was accused of killing a fifteen-year-old white girl in Morganton, North Carolina. Miller became the target of a massive manhunt lasting nearly two weeks. After he was gunned down in the North Carolina mountains, his body was taken back to Morganton and publicly displayed on the courthouse lawn on a Sunday afternoon, attracting thousands of spectators. Kevin W. Young vividly illustrates the violence-wracked world of the early twentieth century in the Carolinas, the world that created both Miller and the hunters who killed him. Young provides a panoramic overview of this turbulent time, telling important contextual histories of events that played into this tragic story, including the horrific prison conditions of the era, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, and the influx of Black immigrants into North Carolina. More than an account of a single murder case, this book vividly illustrates the stormy race relations in the Carolinas during the early 1900s, reminding us that the legacy of this era lingers into the present"--

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Summary:	In the summer of 1927, an itinerant Black laborer named Broadus Miller was accused of killing a fifteen-year-old white girl in Morganton, North Carolina. Miller became the target of a massive manhunt lasting nearly two weeks. After he was gunned down in the North Carolina mountains, his body was taken back to Morganton and publicly displayed on the courthouse lawn on a Sunday afternoon, attracting thousands of spectators.<br> <br> <br> <br> Kevin W. Young vividly illustrates the violence-wracked world of the early twentieth century in the Carolinas, the world that created both Miller and the hunters who killed him. Young provides a panoramic overview of this turbulent time, telling important contextual histories of events that played into this tragic story, including the horrific prison conditions of the era, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, and the influx of Black immigrants into North Carolina. More than an account of a single murder case, this book vividly illustrates the stormy race relations in the Carolinas during the early 1900s, reminding us that the legacy of this era lingers into the present.
Physical Description:	240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781469679006 1469679000 9781469679013 1469679019 9781469679020 9798890887627