By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners

By Hands Now Known is a groundbreaking investigation into the Jim Crow era's legal apparatus, which sustained violence against Black people.

Margaret A.

Burnham, a renowned legal scholar, examines how formal law and background legal norms interact in harrowing cases from 1920 to 1960.

This book maps the criminal legal system of the mid-twentieth century South, tracing the unremitting line from slavery to today's legal structures.

With an extensive database of over 1,000 racial violence cases, Burnham reveals the true legal system of Jim Crow and captures the memories of those whose stories have not yet been heard.

Devastating and remarkable, By Hands Now Known is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the enduring legacy of Jim Crow and its impact on American society today.