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I do remember something about lynchings but not from the classroom and not much from any source. I guess that was the beginning of the "spin" of the press to bring us up believing that all should be forgiven and forgotten!

The book was painful to read and so very real - I felt like I knew the people. I will never forget some of them! The ones who were lynched will be with me always. You did a wonderful job of making them unforgettable. I could go on and on but it is late and I just had to let you know that I did enjoy the book and I hope that it will make others aware of how we treated our African American brothers and sisters so that it will never happen again.

You had the perfect ending for the book - the words and wisdom of Martin Luther King! Was this review helpful? Reviewer: Marilyn H. This book demands attention.

It is tough to put it down, once started get ready to read on. There is much to learn here also, it is almost a cautionary tale…. The author writes with passion to tell her story…devoted to illuminating the humanity of the accused as well that of her murdered relatives. Reviewer: Jennifer V.

You've been lied to for a very long time, and it's time to wake up. Wells formulates an intriguing, multi-layered story that shouldn't be missed. Isaac Lyerly Courtesy Jim Webb. John Moose Julian. Bryant Courtesy Charlotte Observer. Addie Lyerly, Courtesy Salisbury Post. Sheriff David R. Mayor Archibald Henderson Boyden. Josephus Daniels Courtesy U. Wilmington Rioters Collier's Weekly, Nov.

Norman Jennett Raleigh News and Observer. Unity Presbyterian church Courtesy Crystal Earnhardt. John Steele Henderson Photo Online. Five of the Suspects Salisbury Post, July 20, Defense Attorney Jake F. Route of the Lynching March. Lynching Tree Today Collection of the Author. John G. Mitchell, Jr. Samuel B. Colly Courtesy of Julian Descendant.

Lyerly Home Salisbury Post Collection. Judge Garland S. Theodore F. Kluttz, Sr. Courtesy Salisbury Post. It took quite a while to travel that distance in a horse and buggy in IF this was a lynching, my Grandfather would not have known about it, nor had time to travel that distance to be witness to it.

In fact, for him to have known about the hangings, it would have had to have been announced in the newspaper at the time. There would have had to be a set time for the hangings. Dear Marilyn, What your Grandfather knew was history. The manner in which lynchings were carried out were so scripted, in a sense, that there were predictable steps in the ritual, common to them all.

If you read the book which you can get at any NC Library through loan or otherwise , you will see one very detailed comparison to the March, Chattanooga lynching, as an example. As for my resume. Here is some of it. I completed graduate courses in drama and art at the same university. Colleges and publicized the results on a webpage. I also was invited several times to speak to UNC classes about my research on toxic exposures.

In between doing research on environmental toxins and trying to heal from a disability caused by my own exposures, I earned several artistic awards for my paintings of Outer Banks scenes. I was one of the featured artists in Outer Banks Magazine several years ago.

For the next five years I spent most of my time collecting news articles and oral history on this topic, and after that I spent all my free time, while working as a nutrition specialist for a Federal child food program, researching this case and reading books on the subject. During this time I was mentored by one of the if not THE leading historian on the South, Yale Professor, Glenda Gilmore, who read and edited my first draft of the book and wrote a brief summary for the back cover.

All I report in the book is based on everything I could find out, either written or oral about the story. All of the news articles I quote or paraphrase are cited, so than anyone may find them on microfilm your local library can order most and read for themselves the volume of info available on the case. Additionally, I include and focus on recent historical events that colored the reporting and perception of the ax murders, and I ask readers to always consider the source, which is exactly what you are correctly doing by questioning my capabilities.

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