Why Blacks Were Banned In My Home Town

RECKONING WITH A VIOLENT AND LAWLESS PAST:
A STUDY OF RACE, VIOLENCE AND
RECONCILIATION IN TENNESSEE
By
Carrie A. Russell
Dissertation
Submitted to the Faculty of the
Graduate School of Vanderbilt University
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
in
Political Science
August, 2010
Nashville, Tennessee
Approved:
Professor Carol M. Swain
Professor Richard Blackett
Professor W. James Booth
Professor Christian Grose
Copyright © 2010 by Carrie Archie Russell
All Rights Reserved