Our town : a heartland lynching, a haunted town, and the hidden history of white America / Cynthia Carr.

Author/creator Carr, Cynthia, 1950-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Crown Publishers, ©2006.
Descriptionx, 501 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Cameron, James, 1914-2006.
Carr, Cynthia, 1950-
African Americans--Indiana. --Marion. --Social conditions. --20th century.
Lynching--Indiana. --Marion. --History. --20th century.
Racism--Indiana. --Marion. --History. --20th century.
Marion (Ind.)--Race relations.

Contents I: "A veil hangs over this town" -- My Marion -- The survivor's story -- "We never recovered" -- Things I didn't learn in school -- Marion's hooded order -- The three P's -- "They were strangers to me" -- "No likelihood of conviction" -- II: Good history/bad history -- The ironies -- The ancestors -- Underground -- Weaver -- A riot goin' on -- The auxiliary -- III: "This assemblage of pseudo-Americans" -- In his bulletproof vest -- "The white has fell" -- "Nowhere else to turn" -- God forgives/The brotherhood doesn't -- IV: "Truth does not bring back the dead but releases them from silence" -- The reconcilers -- Brothers and sisters -- What Aunt Ruth said -- A few bad apples -- The snake under the table -- Telltale -- V: The return of Oatess Archey -- History-maker: the primary/Spring 1998 -- Unity day: the election/Fall 1998 -- Poor Marion: the rally/July 1999 -- VI: Truth and reconciliation -- Four days in August -- In the picture.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 483-486) and index.
LCCN 2005011697
ISBN0517705060
ISBN9780517705063