BIBFRAME Work

Title

Amy Mallard and racial justice

Type

• Text
• Monograph
• bflc:Deprecated

Contribution

• Lippman, Matthew Ross, 1948- (author)

Subject

• Mallard, Amy (LCNAF)
• HISTORY / African American & Black (BISACSH)
• African American women--Biography (LCSH)
• Racism in criminal justice administration--Georgia--History--20th century (LCSH)
• Mallard, Robert, -1948 (LCNAF)
• Lynching--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century (LCSH)
• Lynching victims--Georgia--Toombs County (LCSH)
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations (BISACSH)
• Civil rights workers--United States--Biography (LCSH)
• United States--Race relations--History--20th century (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Biographies (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Classification

• SOC070000
• DDC: 323.092, B (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: E185.61 .L574 2025 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

• "This book is the first to document the story of Amy Mallard, who sought justice through the legal system for the 1948 lynching of her husband in Georgia and later became an advocate for civil rights at the national level"-- Provided by publisher.
• "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. 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. Publication of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Lippman, Matthew Ross, 1948-. Amy Mallard and racial justice

Geographic Coverage

• United States
• Georgia

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:21:18.133742+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23946909

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc