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

The book "Testifying to Violence" is a powerful and moving history of African Americans' testimonies about racial violence.

Through both oral and print culture, victims and witnesses of this violence hoped to graphically disseminate knowledge about its occurrence and inspire action to end it.

The resulting crusades against racial violence became one of the political training grounds for the civil rights movement.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complex and deeply ingrained history of racial violence in America, and how it continues to impact African American lives today.