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Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America
Fire in a Canebrake The Last Mass Lynching in America
Author: Laura Wexler
On that July evening in 1946, the leader counted aloud and the mob of white men fired. Seconds later, the leader counted again, "One, two, three," and the mob fired once more. After the third and final volley of gunshots, the white men got into their cars and drove off, leaving the bullet-ridden bodies of two young black men and two young black ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780684868165
ISBN-10: 0684868164
Publication Date: 1/7/2003
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Giggy avatar reviewed Fire in a Canebrake: The Last Mass Lynching in America on + 42 more book reviews
I read this book while a resident of Walton County, the setting of this book. It's a story that ALL of our country should hear--ever mindful that "those who do not remember the past are destined to repeat it".
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A story told about the last lynching in Monroe Georiga.


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