Red Record by Ida B. Wells-Barnett sheds light on the brutal reality of lynching in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through detailed statistics and personal accounts, Wells-Barnett exposes the systemic racism and violence that targeted African Americans.

The book is a powerful and important document that confronts the horrors of lynching head-on. Wells-Barnett's passion for justice and racial equality is evident throughout the text, as she meticulously analyzes the data and challenges the prevailing narratives that justified these heinous acts.

While the subject matter is undeniably difficult to confront, Red Record is a crucial piece of historical literature that is as relevant today as it was when it was first published. Wells-Barnett's unflinching honesty and dedication to truth make this book a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the roots of racial injustice in America.

Book Description:
The purpose of the pages which follow shall be to give the record which has been made, not by colored men, but that which is the result of compilations made by white men, of reports sent over the civilized world by white men in the South. Out of their own mouths shall the murderers be condemned. For a number of years the Chicago Tribune, admittedly one of the leading journals of America, has made a specialty of the compilation of statistics touching upon lynching. The data compiled by that journal and published to the world January 1, 1894, up to the present time has not been disputed. In order to be safe from the charge of exaggeration, the incidents hereinafter reported have been confined to those vouched for by the Tribune.