"Nobody knows de trouble I see" : the cross and the lynching tree in the Black experience -- "The terrible beauty of the cross" and the tragedy of the lynching tree : a reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr -- Bearing the cross and staring down the lynching tree : Martin Luther King Jr.'s struggle to redeem the soul of America -- The recrucified Christ in Black literary imagination -- "Oh Mary, don't you weep" -- Conclusion : legacies of the cross and the lynching tree.
Summary
Examines the symbols of the cross and the lynching tree in African Americans daily life, spiritual life, and history.
