The Penalty for Success:my Father Was Lynched in Lowndes County, Alabama

About this book

The book tells the story of the murder of a black man in 1940s Lowndes County Alabama. It is a story that reveals the scheme to cover up a "lynching". The authors story of her fathers brutal murder presents convincing evidence that he was lynched although he was not hanged mutilated or burned in front of a crowd of people. Elmore Bolling was shot six times in the front of his body with a pistol and once in the back with a shotgun. After years of research including interviews with relatives and elderly Lowndes County residents Josephine Bolling McCall sought and found answers to many troubling questions about events in her fathers live. Her journey of discovery presents a revealing narrative of a time a place and a people that challenges us to rethink the reality of life for both blacks and whites in a rural southern community.