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American Bloodlines

American Bloodlines: Reckoning with Lynch Culture By Sonya Lea A Review by Dr. Dwight A. Moody   This book landed on my front porch August 14, precisely 90 years after the event it describes: the last public hanging in the United States. Sonya Lea wrote this book, in part because her grandparents were present at that event, August 14, 1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky. I bought it because my dad also was at the event. He was 13 years old; others were there: some say 20,000 and others put it at 10,000. Lea details the events of the day and all that led up to the hanging: the forced entry, the murder, the rape, the theft, and the arrest a few days later of Rainey Bethea. ...

August 19th, 2026|Categories: Book Reviews|

Our Trespasses

February 20th, 2026|Categories: Book Reviews|

Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American Neighborhoods By Greg Jarrell A Review ...

Ruling in the Gates

November 8th, 2025|Categories: Book Reviews|

Ruling in the Gates Preparing the Church to Transform Cities by Joseph Mattera A Review ...

Awake: A Memoir

October 28th, 2025|Categories: Book Reviews|

Awake: A Memoir By Jen Hatmaker A Review by Dwight A. Moody I had never ...