Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker: Death in a Pennsylvania Steel Town
Dennis B Downey, Raymond M. Hyser
"A compelling narrative that moves crisply through the murder, the lynching, and the cover-up by silence that local residents thereafter affected."—The Journal of American History
On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched—burned alive—by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. More than 100 years after the lynching, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community.
On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched—burned alive—by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. More than 100 years after the lynching, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community.
年:
2012
出版社:
Arcadia Publishing
语言:
english
ISBN 10:
1609492803
ISBN 13:
9781609492809
文件:
EPUB, 2.27 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2012