The first Waco Horror the lynching of Jesse Washington and the rise of the NAACP - Bernstein, Patricia (Texas A & M University Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-244) and index
"Alert, pushing, and rich": the setting of the Waco horror -- "Active for good": The beginnings of the NAACP -- "Yours in a glorious cause": the investigator -- Prelude to a lynching: "slogan is harmony and efficiency" -- An "exciting occurrence": the lynching -- "Enough to make the devil gasp": how could this happen -- "The news will go far": the immediate aftermath -- "Who is she; a detective?": the investigation -- "Inject lynching into the public mind": the follow-up reaction -- "Sheriff Stegall is prepared to defend the jail": change comes at last to Waco -- Epilogue: "one of the best vote-getters the county every saw."