{"product_id":"elegy-for-mary-turner-an-illustrated-account-of-a-lynching-paperback","title":"Elegy for Mary Turner: An Illustrated Account of a Lynching - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Marie-Crane Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMariame Kaba\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eJulie Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical and haunting depiction of American racial violence and lynching, evoked through stunning full-color artwork\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough hauntingly detailed full-color artwork and collage, \u003ci\u003eElegy for Mary Turner\u003c\/i\u003e names those who were killed, identifies the killers, and evokes a landscape in which the NAACP investigated the crimes when the state would not and a time when white citizens baked pies and flocked to see Black corpses while Black people fought to make their lives--and their mourning--matter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded are contributions from C. Tyrone Forehand, great-grandnephew 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Marie-Crane Williams\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist and teacher, currently an Associate Professor at the University of Iowa in Art and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies. Her work as a researcher and creative scholar has always been focused on women's issues, community, art, and people who are incarcerated. She has worked with incarcerated women since 1994. Her scholarship--both graphic and textual--has been published by the Jane Addams Hull House Museum, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe International Journal of Comic Art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Correctional Education\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Art Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVisual Arts Research\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768807555360,"sku":"9781788739047","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3e93b241ed8f8cd5e65550e028e36468.webp?v=1780337784","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/elegy-for-mary-turner-an-illustrated-account-of-a-lynching-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}