"United States" . . . . "1887 - 1964" . . "The author discusses his book of the same title. The book chronicles the systematic lynching of African Americans from 1882 to 1952. The author argues that the white population used lynching as a means to maintain power over the black population." . "At the hands of persons unknown the lynching of Black America" . . . . . . . . . . . . "History" . . . . . . .