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1 online resource (262 pages) |
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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. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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. The death of Vaudine Maddox--and the lynchings that followed--serves as a cautionary tale about the violence that occurred in the same region nearly fifty-years later, highlighting the cowardice, ignorance, and happenstance that sustained a culture of racial intolerance far. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
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Donald, Michael, 1961-1981.
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Donald, Michael, 1961-1981. |
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Maddox, Vaudine, -1933.
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Maddox, Vaudine, -1933. |
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Ballard, Gene, -1979.
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Ballard, Gene, -1979. |
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Ballard, Gene, -1979. |
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Maddox, Vaudine, -1933. |
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Lynching -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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Lynching. |
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Alabama. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Violence -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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Violence. |
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Racism -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism. |
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Alabama -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Race relations. |
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Mobile (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Tuscaloosa (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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Racism. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hollars, B.J. Thirteen Loops : Race, Violence, and the Last Lynching in America. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2011 9780817317539 |
| ISBN |
9780817385828 (electronic book) |
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0817385827 (electronic book) |
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9780817317539 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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0817317538 (cloth alkaline paper) |
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