The Ballad of Little River: A Tale of Race and Restless Youth in the Rural South
Paul Hemphill
235 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0684856824
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Language: English
Publish: May 24, 2000
A veteran Southern journalist journeys into the heart of rural Alabama to reveal why the small town of Little River erupted into a series of violent racial incidents in 1997, including the murder of a young black man, an attack on the white owner of a local general store, and the burning of two black churches by five white teenagers.