The Lynching Lib/E (Audiobook)

from Jared_Runck

Leamer's story of the takedown of the largest Klan organization in America was a fascinating and equally terrifying read, especially when I realized that the death of Michael Donald took place in my own lifetime! Granted, I was 3 years old, but still… Perhaps what was most powerful about Leamer's...

from Schmerguls

5461. The Lynching The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan, by Laurence Leamer (read 14 Apr 2017) This book tells of the killing of Michael Donald, a 19-year-old black youth in Mobile, AL, on 21 Mar 1981 by Klan men, and of the criminal proceedings following that killing and also of ...

from Carolee888

The Lynching:The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down The Klan by Laurence Leamer jumped out at me when I picked out audio book. Why didn't I remember this event? I thought back I was working plenty of overtime during the trial. Being so tired, I did not listen to the news, I just went right t...

from etxgardener

This is a powerful book about a lynching in Mobile, Alabama that took place in 1981 and the the trial that linked this crime to the United Klans of America. It is also the story of Morris Dees who evolved from being a supporter of George Wallace to founding the Southern Poverty Law Center and who...

from bookmuse56

Engrossing, spellbinding, heartfelt are the words that came to mind when I finished this grippingly readable true crime narrative. This book is narrative non-fiction at its best in the same vein as “Devil in the Grove”. This time the spotlight is shining on Alabama, specifically Mobile as it look...