Rope & Faggot

by White, Walter

• ISBN13: 9780268040079
• ISBN10: 0268040079
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr

Summary

In 1926, Walter White, assistant secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, broke the story of a horrific lynching in Aiken, South Carolina, in which three African Americans were murdered while more than one thousand spectators watched. Because of his light complexion, blonde hair, and blue eyes, White, an African American, was able to investigate first-hand more than forty lynchings and eight race riots. Following the lynchings in Aiken, White took a leave of absence from the NAACP and, with help from a Guggenheim grant, spent a year in France writing Rope and Faggot. Ironically subtitled "A Biography of Judge Lynch," Rope and Faggot is a compelling example of partisan scholarship and is based on White's first-hand investigations. It was first published in 1929.

Author Biography

Walter White (1893-1955), author of two novels and three books of nonfiction, was assistant secretary and then secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1918 until his death Kenneth Robert Janken is associate professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Table of Contents

Introduction to Walter White, Rope & Faggot: A Biography of Judge Lynch	vii
Kenneth Robert Janken
ROPE & FAGGOT
Walter White
The Mind of the Lyncher	3	(16)
The Extent of the Industry	19	(21)
Religion and Judge Lynch	40	(14)
Sex and Lynching	54	(28)
The Economic Foundations of Lynch-Law	82	(32)
Science, Nordicism, and Lynching	114	(38)
The Price of Lynching	152	(19)
The Changing Scene	171	(25)
Lynching and Laws: Is There a Way Out?	196	(31)
Appendix A Statement of Fact	227	(45)
Index	272