Lynching in the West: 18501935 (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)

"In this meticulously researched and innovative study, Ken Gonzales-Day brings to light the history of lynching in California. As an artist, Gonzales-Day renders a stunning visual record of an absent history. As a scholar, he assembles the documents that reveal the racial violence that undergirds the development of the Golden State, the West, and the American Dream."-Chon A. Noriega, Professor and Director, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and Adjunct Curator, Los Angeles County Museum of ArtKen Gonzales-Day is the author of 'Lynching in the West: 18501935 (a John Hope Franklin Center Book)', published 2006 under ISBN 9780822337812 and ISBN 0822337819.