They Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I by Kidada E. Williams

They Left Great Marks on Me: African American Testimonies of Racial Violence from Emancipation to World War I

Kidada E. Williams

293 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Description

Well after slavery was abolished, its legacy of violence left deep wounds on African Americans' bodies, minds, and lives. For many victims and witnesses of the assaults, rapes, murders, nightrides, lynchings, and other bloody acts that followed, t...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 6 reviews

Average rating

3.0

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.