Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases (Unabridged)

Written by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

In "Southern Horrors," Ida B. Wells-Barnett exposes the brutal reality of lynching in the United States, particularly targeting Black men in the South. She condemns the practice as a form of racial terrorism, not genuine justice. Wells-Barnett argues that lynchings are often rooted in economic anxieties and a desire to maintain white supremacy rather than legitimate concerns about crime.

The book challenges the common justifications for lynching, such as the "rape myth," and highlights the lack of accountability for perpetrators. Wells-Barnett even encourages Black communities to arm themselves for self-defense since the legal system fails to protect them. This powerful work aims to raise awareness and ignite public outrage against the horrors of lynching.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Falcon Press
• Release date: Apr 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9798868626234

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Born a slave, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862–1931) became one of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries' most powerful voices for justice and against the brutality of lynching. Her unflinching journalistic accounts shed light on the evils and persistence of racism in the United States. Wells-Barnett was one of the original founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Her groundbreaking activism laid the foundation for the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In 2020, she was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her “outstanding and courageous reporting on the horrific and vicious violence against African Americans during the era of lynching.”