The first book to document the story of Amy Mallard, who bravely sought justice for the lynching of her husband and became an advocate for civil rights  
 
“Incredibly interesting. While many are familiar with the Mallard lynching, the story of Amy Mallard—particularly after the trial of the lynchers—is not well known.”—Thomas Aiello, author of Bound Labor in the Turpentine Belt: Kinderlou Camp and Misdemeanor Convict Leasing in Georgia  
 
“Lippman has compiled a bevy of resources, including old and contemporary research, to tie together a very interesting but disturbing narrative. Lippman humanizes a woman who experienced unthinkable grief.”—Abel Bartley, author of In No Ways Tired: The NAACP’s Struggle to Integrate the Duval County Public School System  
 
In this book, Matthew Lippman details the little-known story of Amy Mallard, a schoolteacher from rural Georgia who, after the lynching of her husband, Robert “Duck” Mallard, in 1948, courageously sought justice through the legal system. Lippman explores Mallard’s trajectory from a victim to a civil rights activist.             
 
The story begins with Amy Mallard’s arrest for her husband’s murder. Making extensive use of primary and secondary sources, including historical and current news articles, Mallard’s interviews, and the NAACP Papers, Lippman chronicles her journey from her exoneration and testimony at the trial to her activism at the national level. A founding member of the Sojourners for Truth and Justice, she also worked with the Civil Rights Congress, where she assisted with three pivotal civil rights cases and helped submit the famous “We Charge Genocide” petition to the United Nations.             An important addition to the history of African American women, racial violence in Georgia, and justice in the post–World War II South, Amy Mallard and Racial Justice situates Mallard’s story within social and legal history. This book outlines how the American legal system failed in its promise of delivering justice and accountability to Mallard and many other Black Americans like her.   
 
Matthew Lippman is emeritus professor of criminology, law, and justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of many legal textbooks, including Law and Society, Fourth Edition; Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies, Sixth Edition; and Striking the Balance: Debating Criminal Justice and Law.  
 
Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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