A review by jaredpence
The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt

4.0

 An interesting and revealing depiction of the 1898 Wilmington race riot (or massacre) where a North Carolina town's mostly black population was killed and frightened off by white supremacists to an extent that the city has not recovered over a century later. Major Carteret revealed his completely irrational white supremacist stand, Lee Ellis showed the complicity of well intentioned but weak willed onlookers, Tom Delamere proved the capacity for race based cruelty and criminality, Sandy and Dr. Miller demonstrated the frustrating powerlessness of black people, and Janet Miller illustrated the pain and brutality experienced by black people who endure shunning and hatred from relatives, not to mention theft and the murder of their children.