The Family tree

a lynching in Georgia, a legacy of secrets, and my search for the truth

In 1912, in Harris County, Georgia, a White man, the beloved nephew of the county sheriff, was shot dead on the porch of a Black woman. Days later, the sheriff sanctioned the lynching of a Black woman and three Black men; all of them innocent. For Karen Branan, the great-granddaughter of that sheriff, this wasn't just a recital of dry history facts, this was her family's history. And as she dug deeper into her research, she discovered that she was not only related to the sheriff, but to one of the four that was murdered.

Atria Books
2016
9781476717180
book

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