The Violent World of Broadus Miller

“The Violent World of Broadus Miller is a compelling historical account that sheds light on the deep-seated racial injustices of the early-twentieth-century American South. Through meticulous research and a gripping narrative, the book exposes how race shaped legal outcomes. . . . It makes a significant contribution to scholarship on race, law, and violence in the Jim Crow era, offering a sobering and necessary historical perspective.”—Journal of Southern History

“The book takes the reader through many sociological realities of race and violence in the American South during the early twentieth century. . . . Scholars familiar with the American South of this time will find much that is . . . still shocking when presented with the attention to historical detail that Young brings to the story. This book will be required reading for scholars of racial violence and the American South.”—Contemporary Sociology

“Young offers insight into the day-to-day racism, violence, and fear that permeated the Carolinas. Thoroughly researched and meticulously documented, this gripping narrative is a truly impressive work of scholarship.”—Daniel S. Pierce, University of North Carolina Asheville

“Young’s book presents a compelling, meaningful set of stories that explore the cultures and structures of violence embedded in the Jim Crow Carolinas. He has combed archives, public sources, and newspapers, supplementing these findings with some surprising interviews. An illuminating, if painful, study to read.”—Rob Weise, Eastern Kentucky University