Summary of the book, A Game Called Salisbury, which chronicles two
lynchings in what is now Salisbury, N.C., one in 1902 and another in
1906. The story of the Lyerly ax murder, which led to the 1906
lynching, is covered in detail as well.
After discovering her parents and younger siblings had been attacked,
Addie awoke her two other sisters, and together they worked quickly to
extinguish the smoldering flames. Then, carrying six-y...
"If Slaves in the Family evoked a distant past, this story reaches
beyond the limits of living memory to reclaim a recent, and tortured,
Southern past. We should all read this book to understand ...
