Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940

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Lynching and Spectacle NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOUTHERN STUDIES Editor Charles Reagan Wilson Editorial Advisory Board Robert Brinkmeyer Thomas Holt Anne Goodwyn Jones Alfred J. Lopez Charles Marsh Ted Ownby Tom Rankin Jon Michael Spencer Allen Tullos Patricia Yaeger Lynching and Spectacle Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890–1940 AMY LOUISE WOOD    THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS Chapel Hill Portions of chapter 3 appeared in “Lynching Photography and the Visual Reproduction of White Supremacy,” AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY HISTORY 6 (September 2005): 373–99, and are reprinted by permission from the Taylor and Francis Group.© 2009 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed by Rebecca Evans Set in Whitman with MiniPics Zafrica by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wood, Amy Louise. Lynching and spectacle : witnessing racial violence in America, 1890–1940 / Amy Louise Wood. p. cm. —(New directions in southern studies) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8078-3254-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Lynching—United States—History. 2. Violence— United States—History. 3. Hate crimes—United States—History. 4. United States—Race relations— History. I. Title. HV6457.W66 2009 364.1'34—dc22 2008045194 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 To my parents This page intentionally left blank ...