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A Devil Went Down to Georgia : Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton

Name: A Devil Went Down to Georgia : Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton
Rating: 5.0 (4 reviews)
ISBN: 9781639366842

Deb Miller Landau

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A riveting narrative that pieces together the life and murder of Black socialite Lita McClinton Sullivan—and the journey to bring her true killer to justice. The 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan sent shockwaves through the affluent Atlanta suburb of Buckhead, Georgia like few other crimes before it. The neighborhood, with its stately mansions and top-tier schools, was simply not the kind of place where women were gunned down in cold blood in broad daylight. How many socialites had enemies so dangerous they would be murdered by a hitman pretending to deliver roses on an early winter morning? Lita was an intelligent, accomplished, and stunning Black woman from a respected Atlanta family. Her interracial marriage to white millionaire Jim Sullivan, who hailed from working-class Boston, was a newsworthy occurrence in 1970s Georgia. For a while, the couple made the marriage work, but it wasn't long before Jim's roving eye and controlling nature put Lita on...

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Year:

2022

Publisher:

Pegasus Books

Language:

English

ISBN 10:

1639366849

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9781639366842