The Law of the White Circle (Paperback, New edition)

Long out of print, this is the only novel set during the infamous Atlanta race riot of 1906, in which dozens of African Americans were killed or injured. The ""white circle"" of the book's title delineates a realm of freedom, opportunity, and equality into which no black person could enter. The tensions that exploded into three days of deadly mob violence are explored through the intertwined stories of a white journalist, a black college professor, and the woman they both love - an artist of mixed race who chooses to pass as white. Until the riot, Atlanta had been touted as a place where blacks and whites lived peacefully, yet separately. Thornwell Jacobs tries to make sense of what happened by weaving into his story threads of thought on such issues as media sensationalism, interracial love, social Darwinism, and class divisions within black and white communities. This edition of ""The Law of the White Circle"" comes with additional writings that offer alternative perspectives on the Atlanta riot and put the novel and its real-world events in historical and sociological context. Included are a foreword by W. Fitzhugh Brundage, a noted historian of the South whose scholarly interests include lynching and historical memory; an essay by historian Paul Stephen Hudson, the recognized authority on Thornwell Jacobs; an excerpt from ""A Man Called White"", the autobiography of NAACP leader Walter White, whose family lived in Atlanta at the time of the riot; and the poem ""A Litany of Atlanta,"" composed during the riot by the renowned African American scholar, writer, and civil rights leader W. E. B. Du Bois.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	September 2006
Authors:	Thornwell Jacobs
Contributors:	Paul Stephen Hudson • Walter White • William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
Foreword by:	W. Fitzhugh Brundage
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-2880-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
LSN:	0-8203-2880-4
Barcode:	9780820328805

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