TY - BOOK AU - Cone,James H. TI - The cross and the lynching tree SN - 9781570759376 (cloth) AV - BR563.N4 C648 2011 U1 - 277.3/0808996073 22 PY - 2011///] CY - Maryknoll, N.Y. PB - Orbis Books KW - Jesus Christ KW - African Americans KW - Religion KW - Lynching KW - United States KW - History N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-196) and index; "Nobody knows de trouble I've seen": the cross and the lynching tree in the Black experience -- "The terrible beauty of the cross" and the tragedy of the lynching tree: a reflection on Reinhold Niebuhr -- Bearing the cross and staring down the lynching tree: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s struggle to redeem the soul of America -- The re-crucified Christ in Black literary imagination -- Oh Mary, don't you weep -- Conclusion: legacies of the cross and the lynching tree ER -