Blood Justice: The Lynching of Mack Charles Parker
New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover. xiv, 248 p., [6] p. of black-and-white photographs; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with silver spine title; light blue paper over boards. Red endpapers. Dust jacket. An account of one of the last lynchings in the United States. In 1959, Mack Charles Parker, a young Black man, was charged with raping a white woman and arrested in Poplarville, Mississippi. A white mob took him from jail, beat him, and shot him, leaving his body in a river. The author researched the event using Justice Department and FBI documents, interviews with people who were there, and newspaper accounts. Book is in Near Fine Condition: year of publication written on front free endpaper; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: lightly rubbed and soiled. Near Fine / very good. Item #008136
ISBN: 0195041216
Price: $25.00