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The silent shore : the lynching of Matthew Williams and the politics of racism in the free state

2021

Format:	Book
Author:	Chavis, Charles L., author.
Title:	The silent shore : the lynching of Matthew Williams and the politics of racism in the free state / Charles L. Chavis Jr.
Publisher, Date:	Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	xii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary:	This author tells the history of the lynching of a Black man on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Matthew Williams was lynched in Salisbury, Maryland, in 1931. To a greater extent than thousands of others, Williams's lynching influenced local, state, and national history, and yet its history remains largely unknown. This is a work of forensic reconstruction by the author.
Subjects:local	Williams, Matthew, 1908-1931. African American men -- Crimes against -- History -- 20th century. Lynching -- Maryland -- Salisbury -- History -- 20th century. Racism -- Maryland -- History -- 20th century. Hate crimes -- Maryland. United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Genre:	History.
Other Title:	Lynching of Matthew Williams and the politics of racism in the free state
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-278) and index.
Contents:	"Matthew Williams: his family, his community, his humanity -- "The blood lust of the Eastern Shore": the taking and the spectacle -- Governor Albert C. Ritchie confronts Judge Lynch: the politics of anti-black racism in the free state and beyond -- From pugilist to private eye: a prizefighter infiltrates the mob -- Unmasking the mob and breaking the system of silence -- Maryland's disgrace, the denial of justice -- A blot on the tapestry of the free state -- Confronting the legacy of anti-black violence in the age of fracture.
LCCN:	2021011260
ISBN:	9781421442921 1421442922
Publisher or Distributor Number:	Baltimore, Maryland
Other Number:	1243909579
System Availability:	3
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Control Number:	1318173
Call Number:	364.134 CHA
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Charles L. Chavis Jr. is the director of African and African American Studies at George Mason University. He is also an assistant professor of conflict resolution and history and the founding director of the John Mitchell, Jr. Program for History, Justice, and Race at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution. The national co-chair for the United States Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Movement and the vice chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he is the coeditor of For the Sake of Peace: Africana Perspectives on Racism, Justice, and Peace in America.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

(14)

Part I

1 Matthew Williams: His Family, His Community, His Humanity

(17)

2 "The Blood Lust of the Eastern Shore": The Crime, the Kidnapping, and the Spectacle

(49)

3 Governor Albert C. Ritchie Confronts Judge Lynch: The Politics of Anti-Black Racism in the Free State and Beyond

(24)

Part II

4 From Pugilist to Private Eye: A Former Prizefighter Infiltrates the Mob

105

(38)

5 Truth, Lies, and Somewhere in Between: Unmasking the Mob and Breaking the System of Silence

143

(21)

6 Maryland's Disgrace: The Denial of Justice

164

(23)

Part III

7 A Blot on the Tapestry of the Free State

187

(9)

8 Confronting the Legacy of Anti-Black Violence in the Age of Fracture

196

(17)

Afterword: A Message from a Living Relative

213

(4)

Tracey "Jeannie" Jones

Acknowledgments

217

(4)

Appendix

221

(6)

Notes

227

(38)

Bibliography

265

(14)

Index

279

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