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Murder on Shades Mountain: the legal lynching of Willie Peterson and the struggle for justice in Jim Crow Birmingham
Murder on Shades Mountain: the legal lynching of Willie Peterson and the struggle for justice in Jim Crow Birmingham
Author
Morrison, Melanie, 1949-
Publisher
Duke University Press
Publication Date
2018.
Language
English
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Peabody Main - Adult Nonfiction
KF 224 .P48 M677 2018
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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
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
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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African Americans
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Birmingham
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Crimes against
History
Race relations
Trials (Rape)
Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Birmingham
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9780822371175
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