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Scottsboro : A Tragedy of the American South /

Scottsboro tells the riveting story of one of this country's most famous and controversial court cases and a tragic and revealing chapter in the history of the American South. In 1931, two white girls claimed they were savagely raped by nine young black men aboard a freight train moving across...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Carter, Dan T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2007.
Edición:Rev. ed. with a new introduction.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • PREFACE; INTRODUCTION (2007); I INTERRUPTED JOURNEYS; II IN AN ALABAMA COURTROOM; III THE CLASH OF DOGMAS; IV ALABAMA, 1931; V RED ON BLACK; VI ALABAMA, 1933; VII A HORRIBLE MISTAKE
  • VIII LET JUSTICE BE DONE
  • IX A COLD HARD VENGEANCE; X THE DEFEAT OF DIPLOMACY; XI THE COMPROMISE OF 1937; XII FORGOTTEN HEROES; XIII WINCHESTER, 1977: THE FINAL TRIAL?; ESSAY ON AUTHORITIES; INDEX.