The Last Lynching

"The Last Lynching delivers an eye-opening reminder of ongoing bigotry." —Kirkus

“Pitch (The Burning of Washington) makes good use of almost 10,000 official documents from the FBI and the National Archives to reconstruct the tragic events that led to the 1946 murders of four African-Americans on a bridge in rural Georgia…The history of the push for federal anti-lynching laws, the racist opposition to such legislation in Congress, and current attempts to commemorate the tragedy place the narrative of the probe in a broader context of racism as it exists in small-town communities today.” —Publishers Weekly

“Amazing research on the barbarity of Jim Crow South and vigilante justice.” —Morris Dees, cofounder and chief trial counsel, Southern Poverty Law Center

“Anthony Pitch’s The Last Lynching tells a haunting story that, sadly, looks more relevant and new all the time.” —Jeffrey Toobin, CNN senior legal analyst and author of The Oath and The Nine

“A page-turner with a shudder and a message. . . . The four African American victims had no constitutional protections, due process of law, mercy, or witnesses. It was a cold-blooded massacre that must never happen again.” —Nadine Strossen, immediate past president, American Civil Liberties Union

"The Last Lynching delivers an eye-opening reminder of ongoing bigotry." —Kirkus

“Pitch (The Burning of Washington) makes good use of almost 10,000 official documents from the FBI and the National Archives to reconstruct the tragic events that led to the 1946 murders of four African-Americans on a bridge in rural Georgia…The history of the push for federal anti-lynching laws, the racist opposition to such legislation in Congress, and current attempts to commemorate the tragedy place the narrative of the probe in a broader context of racism as it exists in small-town communities today.” —Publishers Weekly

“Amazing research on the barbarity of Jim Crow South and vigilante justice.” —Morris Dees, cofounder and chief trial counsel, Southern Poverty Law Center

“Anthony Pitch’s The Last Lynching tells a haunting story that, sadly, looks more relevant and new all the time.” —Jeffrey Toobin, CNN senior legal analyst and author of The Oath and The Nine

“A page-turner with a shudder and a message. . . . The four African American victims had no constitutional protections, due process of law, mercy, or witnesses. It was a cold-blooded massacre that must never happen again.” —Nadine Strossen, immediate past president, American Civil Liberties Union