Lynching in America Laurence L Sugarman Roger Druitt begins with the

Roger Druitt begins with the fundamental question

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Lynching in America Laurence L Sugarman Roger Druitt begins with theWhether conveyed through newspapers, photographs, or Billie Holliday's haunting song "Strange Fruit," lynching has immediate and graphic connotations for all who hear the word. Images of lynching are generally unambiguous: black victims hanging from trees, often surrounded by gawking white mobs. While this picture of lynching tells a distressingly familiar story about mob violence in America, it is not the full story. Lynching in America presents the