Murder at Broad River Bridge: The Slaying of Lemuel Penn by the Ku Klux Klan
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Murder at Broad River Bridge: The Slaying of Lemuel Penn by the Ku Klux Klan

Murder at Broad River Bridge: The Slaying of Lemuel Penn by the Ku Klux Klan

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Bill Shipp (Author) Renee C. Romano (Contributor)  

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First published in 1981, Murder at the Broad River Bridge recounts the stunning details of the murder of Lieutenant Colonel Lemuel Penn by the Ku Klux Klan on a back-country Georgia road in 1964, nine days after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Longtime Atlanta Constitution reporter Bill Shipp gives us, with shattering power, the true story of how a good, innocent, ""uninvolved"" man was killed during the Civil Rights turbulence of the mid-1960s. Penn was a decorated veteran of World War II, a United States Army Reserve officer, and an African American, killed by racist, white vigilantes as he was driving home to Washington, D.C. from Fort Benning, Georgia. Shipp recounts the details of the blind and lawless force that took Penn's life and the sorry mask of protective patriotism it hid behind. To read Murder at Broad River Bridge is to know with deep shock that it could be dated today, tonight, tomorrow. It is a vastly moving documentary drama. 6 black & white photographs
BILL SHIPP is an award-winning author, reporter, editor, and columnist who has covered southern politics and government for more than five decades. He is a member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame and the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame.
  • Contributor: Bill Shipp
  • Imprint: University of Georgia Press
  • ISBN13: 9780820351612
  • Number of Pages: 104
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 160
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: University of Georgia Press
  • Release Date: 2017-09-30
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: BILL SHIPP is an award-winning author, reporter, editor, and columnist who has covered southern politics and government for more than five decades. He is a member of the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame and the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame.

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