"[1] In a review for The Journal of American History, W. Fitzhugh Brundage writes "Tameka Bradley Hobbs makes a convincing argument that these lynchings reveal important insights into the evolution of white supremacy in twentieth-century America.

"[2] In a review for the Journal of Southern History, Mari N. Crabtree writes that Hobbs "provides valuable insights into the devastating impact of lynching on African American families and communities over the past seventy-five years.

"[1] Historian Michael Hoffmann writes in a review for The Florida Times-Union, "An important insight of 'Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home' is the long-term psychological damage suffered by blacks who experienced white violence during the Jim Crow era.

"[3] In a review for The Florida Historical Quarterly, Billy Townsend writes, In a review for The American Historical Review, Michael J. Pfeifer writes, "Some scholars of lynching (and this includes my own work) have not focused sufficiently on the responses of African Americans to white mob violence, and Hobbs offers an extremely useful example of how fully incorporating the black response presents a more comprehensive and accurate analysis of the context for these events.

"[5] Brandon T. Jett writes in a review for H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences that "Hobbs's most important contribution [...] rests in her examination of the short- and long-term effects of lynchings on black communities, and how World War II fundamentally shaped many Americans' and the federal government's response to lynchings.