The first book to document the story of Amy Mallard,who bravely sought justice for the lynching of her husband and became anadvocate for civil rights
In this book, Matthew Lippmandetails the little-known story of Amy Mallard, a schoolteacher from ruralGeorgia who, after the lynching of her husband, Robert “Duck” Mallard, in 1948,courageously sought justice through the legal system. Lippman explores Mallard’strajectory from a victim to a civil rights activist.
Thestory begins with Amy Mallard’s arrest for her husband’s murder. Makingextensive use of primary and secondary sources, including historical andcurrent news articles, Mallard’s interviews, and the NAACP Papers, Lippmanchronicles her journey from her exoneration and testimony at the trial to heractivism at the national level. A founding member of the Sojourners for Truthand Justice, she also worked with the Civil Rights Congress, where she assistedwith three pivotal civil rights cases and helped submit the famous “We ChargeGenocide” petition to the United Nations.
Animportant addition to the history of African American women, racial violence inGeorgia, and justice in the post–World War II South, Amy Mallard and RacialJustice situates Mallard’s story within social and legal history. This bookoutlines how the American legal system failed in its promise of deliveringjustice and accountability to Mallard and many other Black Americans likeher.
This book is the first to document the story of Amy Mallard, who sought justice through the legal system for the 1948 lynching of her husband in Georgia and later became an advocate for civil rights at the national level.
