Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America [Paperback]

[A] vital investigation of Forsyths history, and of the process by which racial injustice is perpetuated in America. U.S. Congressman John Lewis [M]eticulously and elegantly reveals the power of white supremacy&to distort and destroy, not only lives and accomplishments, but historical memory, the law, and basic human civility. Deeply researched and crisply written, [P]rovides a fascinating glimpse into how Forsyth County&managed to stave off racial progress despite being only about 40 miles away from Atlanta, the base of operations for civil rights warrior Martin Luther King Jr.&Phillips book feels timely, unapologetically discussing the way fear, panic, ignorance and timing may have kept Forsyth County trapped in the past. [H]umanizes its subjects and brims with detail&.[G]raphic, unflinching, important. So timely and necessarya powerful reckoning with the past. Nothing undermines social justice more than our collective ignorance about the racial terrorism that haunts too many places in America. This extraordinary book lays bare a telling paradox of historical amnesia and unforgettable terror. Behind the fearsome legend of Forsyth County, Georgia, Patrick Phillips finds more of America than we would like. The burden of Southern history lies not in what we know about the past but what we do not know. Patrick Phillips uncovers an important untold piece of history in Some would say that Patrick Phillips should leave well enough alone and keep quiet&But [his] voice is too honest, too brave, and too brilliant to be silenced. With a poets gift for music, and with a detectives dedication to the facts,