In the Tall Grass West of Town: Racial Violence in Denton County during the Rise of the Second Ku Klux Klan
Description:
The aim of this thesis is to narrate and analyze lynching and atypical violence in Denton County, Texas, between 1920 and 1926. Through this intensive study of a rural county in north Texas, the role of law enforcement in typical and systemic violence is observed and the relationship between Denton County Officials and the Ku Klux Klan is analyzed. Chapter 1 discusses the root of the word lynching and submits a call for academic attention to violence that is unable to be categorized as lynching…
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Date:
May 2020
Creator:
Crittenden, Micah Carlson
Partner:
UNT Libraries