A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard

Devery S. Anderson

2023年4月 · Tantor Media Inc · 讲述者：James Fouhey

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In the years following Brown v. Board of Education, countless Black citizens endured violent resistance and even death while fighting for their constitutional rights. One of those citizens, Clyde Kennard, a Korean War veteran and civil rights leader from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, attempted repeatedly to enroll at the all-white Mississippi Southern College in the late 1950s. In A Slow, Calculated Lynching, Devery S. Anderson tells the story of a man who paid the ultimate price for trying to attend a white college during Jim Crow. Anderson examines the relentless subterfuge against Kennard, including the cruelly successful attempts to frame him-once for a misdemeanor and then for a felony. This second conviction resulted in a sentence at Mississippi State Penitentiary, forever disqualifying him from attending a state-sponsored school. While imprisoned, he developed cancer, was denied care, then sadly died six months after the governor commuted his sentence. In this prolonged lynching, Clyde Kennard was robbed of his ambitions and ultimately his life, but his final days and legacy reject the notion that he was powerless. Anderson highlights the resolve of friends and fellow activists to posthumously restore his name. He was gone, but countless others still benefit from Kennard's legacy and the biracial, bipartisan effort he inspired.

作者简介

Devery S. Anderson earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Utah and a master's in publishing from George Washington University. He is editor or coeditor of books related to Mormons and the West, two of which won the Steven F. Christensen Award for Best Documentary from the Mormon History Association.

James Fouhey is an actor and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator living in New York City. He received classical training at Boston University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. He has recorded more than 150 audiobooks across a variety of genres.

James Meredith served in the United States Air Force for nine years. He risked his life when he successfully applied federal law and became the first black student at the University of Mississippi. In addition to activism, he earned a law degree at Columbia University Law School and became an entrepreneur and speaker.