Elegy for Mary Turner

Name: Elegy for Mary Turner
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SKU: 9781788739047
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An Illustrated Account of a Lynching

By Rachel Marie-Crane Williams

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Summary

Elegy for Mary Turner by Rachel Marie-Crane Williams explores the tragic story of Mary Turner, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century racial tensions in America. It delves into the historical events that led to her lynching and examines the broader implications of racial violence. The book combines graphic art and narrative to shed light on this poignant and impactful moment in history.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you are interested in exploring historical events through powerful graphic storytelling. It may appeal to those who appreciate in-depth examinations of untold stories and are drawn to works that provide insight into the struggle for justice and equality.

A lyrical and haunting depiction of American racial violence and lynching, evoked through stunning full-color artwork.

A lyrical and haunting depiction of American racial violence and lynching, evoked through stunning full-color artwork.

Description

In late May 1918 in Valdosta, Georgia, ten black men and one black woman, Mary Turner, eight months pregnant at the time, were lynched and tortured by mobs of white citizens. Through hauntingly detailed full-colour artwork and collage, Elegy for Mary Turner names those who were killed, identifies the killers, and evokes a landscape in which the NAACP investigated the crimes when the state would not, when white citizens baked pies and flocked to see black corpses, and when black people fought to make their lives—and their mourning—matter.

With introductions from C. Tyrone Forehand, great grand-nephew of Mary and Hayes Turner, whose family has long campaigned for the deaths to be remembered; abolitionist activist and educator Mariame Kaba, reflecting on the violence visited on black women’s bodies; and historian Julie Buckner Armstrong, who opens a window onto the broader scale of lynching’s terror in American history.

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Elegy for Mary Turner resonates powerfully in today's context of renewed struggles against state violence, urging acknowledgment and remembrance of voices like Mary Turner's. Praised for its harrowing yet necessary tribute, the book is both unflinching and delicately rendered, offering a poignant artistic confrontation against historical atrocity. Through its compelling narrative, the book vividly brings the brutal history of 20th-century lynching into focus.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788739047

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 207g

Pages: 80

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American & Canadian History Arts & Culture History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Rachel Marie-Crane Williams

About the Author

Rachel Marie-Crane Williams is an artist and teacher, currently an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa in Art and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies. She has worked with incarcerated women since 1994. Her scholarship - both graphic and textual - has been published by the Jane Addams Hull House Museum, the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education, the International Journal of Comic Art, and many others.