"The burden of Southern history lies not in what we know about the past but what we do not know. Patrick Phillips uncovers an important untold piece of history in Blood at the Root: racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia. What he reveals in this important book does not make this chilling piece of the past any easier to bear, but he does bring it into sharper focus, which is long overdue.". '[A] vital investigation of Forsyth’s history, and of the process by which racial injustice is perpetuated in America.' —U.S. Congressman John Lewis, Blood at the Root, A Racial Cleansing in America, Patrick Phillips, Blood at the Root. Patrick Phillips. Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America Patrick Phillips. page comprehensive study guide; Chapter-by-chapter summaries and multiple sections of expert analysis; The ultimate resource for assignments, engaging lessons, and lively book discussions;.
Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America, by Patrick Phillips W.W. Norton, pp Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America, reveals that not only were these people driven out of the county. Patrick Phillips talked about his book [Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America], in which he recalls the murder of a young girl in Forsyth County, Georgia, in and the subsequent. Blood at the Root is a sweeping American tale that spans the Cherokee removals of the s, the hope and promise of Reconstruction, and the crushing injustice of Forsyth's racial cleansing. With bold storytelling and lyrical prose, Phillips breaks a century-long silence and uncovers a history of racial terrorism that continues to shape.
Patrick Phillips. Patrick Phillips is the author of Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America, which was named a best book of the year by the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and Smithsonian, and received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. "The burden of Southern history lies not in what we know about the past but what we do not know. Patrick Phillips uncovers an important untold piece of history in Blood at the Root: racial cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia. What he reveals in this important book does not make this chilling piece of the past any easier to bear, but he does bring it into sharper focus, which is long overdue.". Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips is a W.W. Norton Company publication. This is a shocking historical account of the true events that took place in Cumming, Georgia in Forsyth county beginning in when three black men were accused of murdering a white woman.
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