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(More customer reviews)One Night Of Madness retells the story of what some members of my family endured that night in 1949. I had been told this story many times growing up in my 35 years, but to see it come to life in print is amazing! I recommend this book to anyone! It is very real & the people involved were like characters....they were powerful & captivating. I think Mr.McMillan did a good job in presenting this forgotten chapter in American history! It can very well become a screenplay for a hollywood film!
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On the cusp of the civil rights movement, tragedy and injustice in rural Southern towns was not uncommon, but the wickedness as retold by author Stokes McMillan in One Night of Madness is shocking and utterly desperate. The year was 1950. Mary Ella Harris, a mother of five, works hard sharecropping alongside her husband, a man with a penchant for gambling, drinking, and associating with unsavory white people. When she is cornered in her home by Leon Turner, a white man who refuses to take no for an answer, Mary Ella narrowly avoids an attempted rape. After his arrest, Leon escapes jail and enacts a bloody revenge with two accomplices. The sheriff, a former bookkeeper, leads the biggest manhunt in Mississippi history, which ends in a blazing shootout. With the eyes of the nation watching, the state itself is on trial. The jury's controversial decision is rebuffed by many, including William Faulkner, and a battle line is drawn that ultimately serves as a catalyst for change.
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