A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton

The 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan sent shock waves through the affluent Atlanta suburb of Buckhead, Georgia like few other crimes before it. The neighborhood, with its stately mansions and top-tier schools, was simply not the kind of place where women were gunned down in broad daylight. How many socialites had enemies so dangerous they would be murdered by a hit man pretending to deliver roses on an early winter morning?



Lita was an intelligent, accomplished, and stunning Black woma...