Coatesville and the Lynching of Zachariah Walker: Death in a Pennsylvania Steel Town

On a warm August night in 1911, Zachariah Walker was lynched--burned alive--by an angry mob on the outskirts of Coatesville, a prosperous Pennsylvania steel town. At the time of his very public murder, Walker, an African American millworker, was under arrest for the shooting and killing of a respected local police officer. Investigated by the NAACP, the horrific incident garnered national and international attention. Despite this scrutiny, a conspiracy of silence shrouded the events, and the accused men and boys were found not guilty at trial. On the 100th anniversary of the lynching and the 20th anniversary of the book's original release as No Crooked Death, authors Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser bring new insight to events that rocked a community.

Author: Dennis B. Downey, Raymond M. Hyser
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 07/06/2011
Pages: 162
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
ISBN13: 9781540230270
ISBN10: 1540230279
BISAC Categories:
- True Crime | General
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,

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