The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology?the trial of Lizzie Borden?based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence. The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. When Andrew and Abby
Burden: a Preacher, a Klansman and a True Story of Redemption in the Modern South
โ Scribed by Courtney Hargrave
- Publisher
- The Crown Publishing Group
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 147 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1984823345
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โฆ Synopsis
THE TRUE EVENTS THAT INSPIRED THE UPCOMING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Forest Whitaker, Garrett Hedlund, and Usher, and produced by Robbie Brenner (Dallas Buyers Club)
A harrowing true story of the modern Ku Klux Klan and an act of grace that shook a community in the Deep South.
In 1996, the town of Laurens, South Carolina, was thrust into the international spotlight when a white supremacist named Michael Burden opened a museum celebrating the Ku Klux Klan on the community's main square. Journalists and protestors flooded the town, and hate groups rallied to the establishment's defense, dredging up the long history of racial violence in this formerly prosperous mill town.
What came next is the subject of an upcoming major motion picture starring Forest Whitaker, Garrett Hedlund, Tom Wilkinson, Andrea Riseborough, and Usher Raymond. Shortly after his museum opened, Michael Burden abruptly left the Klan at the urging of a woman he fell in love with. Broke...
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