Date of Award
1-1-2012
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in History
Department
Arch Dalrymple III Department of History
First Advisor
Charles Reagan Wilson
Second Advisor
Elizabeth A. Payne
Third Advisor
Deirdre Cooper Owens
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
The Jim Crow South was a land saturated in religiosity. Emerging from the defeat of the Civil War and the utter oppression of slavery, southerners used religion to make sense of their painful world. This was a time marked by extreme religious conviction that gave way to racial violence. In this study, I will examine the southern lynching culture in the context of southern religion. Specifically I will explore the life, lynching, and legacy of L.Q. Ivy, a young man who was lynched in 1925 in Etta, Mississippi. Ironically in Ivy's case, as well as cases all across the nation, Christianity served as a powerful tool to both support and subvert the South's lynching culture.
Recommended Citation
McMahan, Hannah Maureen, "Rituals of Resistance: The Life, Lynching, and Legacy of L.Q. Ivy" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1203.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1203