The First Waco Horror: The Lynching of Jesse Washington
Outside of the BookTV Bus, Patricia Bernstein was interviewed about her book The First Waco Horror: The Lynching of Jesse Washington and th… read more
Outside of the BookTV Bus, Patricia Bernstein was interviewed about her book The First Waco Horror: The Lynching of Jesse Washington and the Rise of the NAACP, published by Texas A and M University Press. She discussed the life of a black farm laborer, Jesse Washington, and the trial that led to his death. Ms. Bernstein said she wrote the book after seeing a picture of the lynching and the early years of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). close
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