THE SILENCING OF RUBY MCCOLLUM by Tammy Evans, Jacqueline Jones Royster (Foreword), Lynn Worsham ( 9780813029733 )

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Title:

THE SILENCING OF RUBY MCCOLLUM
RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER IN THE SOUTH

By:

Tammy Evans, Jacqueline Jones Royster (Foreword), Lynn Worsham

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£39.50
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ISBN 10:

0813029732

ISBN 13:

9780813029733

Publisher:

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA

Pub. date:

15 November, 2006

Pages:

208

Description:

Refutes the carefully constructed public memory of one of the most famous biracial murders in American history. On August 3, 1952, African American housewife Ruby McCollum drove to the office of Dr C LeRoy Adams, beloved white physician. McCollum calmly gunned down the doctor during "an argument over a medical bill."

Synopsis:

"The Silencing of Ruby McCollum" refutes the carefully constructed public memory of one of the most famous - and underexamined - biracial murders in American history. On August 3, 1952, African American housewife Ruby McCollum drove to the office of Dr. C. LeRoy Adams, beloved white physician in the segregated small town of Live Oak, Florida. With her two young children in tow, McCollum calmly gunned down the doctor during (according to public sentiment) "an argument over a medical bill." Soon, a very different motive emerged, with McCollum alleging horrific mental and physical abuse at Adams's hand. In reaction to these allegations and an increasingly intrusive media presence, the town quickly cobbled together what would become the public facade of Adams's murder - a more "acceptable" motive for McCollum's actions. To ensure this would become the official version of events, McCollum's trial prosecutors voiced multiple objections during her testimony to limit what she was allowed to say.Employing multiple methodologies to achieve her voice - historical research, feminist theory, African American literary criticism, African American history, and investigative journalism - Evans analyzes the texts surrounding the affair to suggest that an imposed code of silence demands not only the construction of an official story but also the transformation of a community's citizens into agents who will reproduce and perpetuate this version of events, improbable and unlikely though they may be.

Illustrations:

10 b&w photos, works cited, index

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Imprint:

University Press of Florida

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