Flames after Midnight

The “well-written and compelling history” of a 1922 racist reign of terror in a small Texas town—now updated with a shocking deathbed confession ( USA Today ). What happened in Kirven, Texas, in May 1922, has been forgotten by the outside world. But in Flames After Midnight , historian Monte Akers uncovers the true story behind a young white woman's brutal murder and the burning alive of three black men who were almost certainly innocent of it. This was followed by a month-long reign of terror a