NOOK App

Download NOOK app

NOOK Devices

NOOK eReaders

NOOK GlowLight 4 Plus
NOOK GlowLight 4e
NOOK GlowLight 4
NOOK GlowLight Plus 7.8"
NOOK GlowLight 3
NOOK GlowLight Plus 6"

NOOK Tablets

NOOK 9" Lenovo Tablet
NOOK 10" HD Lenovo Tablet
NOOK Tablet 7" & 10.1"
NOOK by Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 [Tab A and Tab 4]
NOOK by Samsung [Tab 4 10.1, S2 & E]

Free NOOK Reading Apps

NOOK for iOS
NOOK for Android

BN.com website

Go to your Digital Library in My Account

Limit 1 per customer

Overview

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History

Winner of the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction

Named a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Oprah Daily, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and the Chicago Public Library • One of NPR's "Books We Love" for 2022

A paradigm-shifting investigation of Jim Crow–era violence, the legal apparatus that sustained it, and its enduring legacy, from a renowned legal scholar.

If the law cannot protect a ...

Product Details

Editorial Reviews

Categories

History Law Social Sciences United States History Civil Rights Law Criminology Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous 20th Century United States History - General & Miscellaneous United States History - General & Miscellaneous Discrimination & Prejudice Ethnic & Race Relations 20th Century American History - General & Miscellaneous United States History - General & Miscellaneous Civil Rights - Discrimination Criminology - Violence Racial Discrimination United States - Ethnic & Race Relations 2021-2024 Hillman Prize Winners for Book Journalism Publishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction of 2022 Oprah Daily's Favorite Books of 2022 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners 2022 Kirkus Prize Finalists Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History Journalism & Political Book Awards Hillman Prize for Book Journalism Previous Winners - Hillman Prize for Book Journalism Best Books of the Year Best Books of the Year 2022 Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2022 Oprah Daily's Best Books of 2022 Other Awards Los Angeles Times Book Prizes All Winners by Year - Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Kirkus Prize Previous Finalists - Kirkus Prize Winners by Category - Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners