Murder on Shades Mountain : the legal lynching of Willie Peterson and the struggle for justice in Jim Crow Birmingham
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- ISBN: 9780822371175
- ISBN: 0822371170
- ISBN: 9780822371670 (ebook)
- ISBN: 0822371677
- ISBN: 9780822371670
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x, 256 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm - Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Contents / Notes
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction--Part 1 Danger in the Magic City -- August 4, 1931 -- A city beset by fear -- Reign of terror in the black community -- Fear, loathing, and oblivion in the white community -- Part 2 Trials and Tribulations -- The arrest: September 23, 1931 -- Attempted murder -- Grand jury testimonies -- The NAACP comes to life -- Mounting the defense -- House of pain -- "A temporarily dethroned mind" -- "An outrageous spectacle of injustice" -- A tumultuous year -- Part 3 Never Turning Back -- Staying on the firing line -- Charles Hamilton Houston -- A lynching in Tuscaloosa -- Moving the case forward -- No Negroes allowed -- A flood of letters -- A multitude of regrets -- Grave doubts as to his guilt -- Jim Crow justice -- Epilogue: the community that kept faith -- Afterword: letter to my father. |
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