{"product_id":"the-red-record","title":"The Red Record","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when a journalist uses the press’s own records to expose the violence it excuses?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Red Record, Ida B. Wells-Barnett gathers the numbers, cases and excuses behind lynching in the United States. A Black journalist driven out of Memphis for her reporting, she builds her case largely from white newspapers and white officials. Her demand is direct: look at the evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWells moves from statistics to individual accounts drawn from reports and letters. She challenges the claim that rape accusations explain lynching, showing that only a fraction of victims face that accusation. She also examines the press and churches that excuse mob violence, then asks what ordinary people can do in response.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEvidence that challenges excuses\u003c\/strong\u003e – See how Wells uses records from white sources to confront attempts to deny racial violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe accusation under scrutiny\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow her examination of rape charges and the excuses used to defend lynching.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLives behind the tables\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter individual cases that make the meaning of mob rule painfully concrete.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eResponsibility beyond the mob\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider Wells’s challenge to the press and churches that explain or excuse the violence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA call to act\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore her answers to despair through speaking out, leaving, refusing and voting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of American history, journalism and civil rights who want a primary source and can bear accounts of violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and follow Wells as she turns evidence into a demand for justice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534557675868,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00830_en_ebook-front_c05.jpg?v=1792174882","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/the-red-record","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}