Melanie S Morrison

Murder on Shades Mountain

The Legal Lynching of Willie Peterson and the Struggle for Justice in Jim Crow Birmingham

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Produktbeschreibung

Melanie S. Morrison tells the tragic story of the murder and attempted murder of three young women in 1930s Birmingham, Alabama, and the aftermath, which saw a reign of terror unleashed on the town's black community, the wrongful conviction and death sentencing of Willie Peterson, and a black-led effort to free Peterson.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780822371175
• ISBN-10: 0822371170
• Artikelnr.: 48455622

Autorenporträt

Melanie S. Morrison

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction  1
Part I. Danger in the Magic City
1. August 4, 1931  15
2. A City Beset by Fear  25
3. Reign of Terror in the Black Community  34
4. Fear, Loathing,and Oblivion in the White Community  45
Part II. Trials and Tribulations
5. The Arrest: September 23, 1931  55
6. Attempted Murder  67
7. Grand Jury Testimonies  76
8. The NAACP Comes to Life  85
9. Mounting the Defense  94
10. House of Pain  113
11. "A Temporarily Dethroned Mind"  116
12. "An Outrageous Spectacle of Injustice"  119
13. A Tumultuous Year  122
Part IV. Never Turning Back
14. Staying on the Firing Line  131
15. Charles Hamilton Houston  134
16. A Lynching in Tuscaloosa  142
17. Moving the Case Forward  150
18. No Negroes Allowed  162
19. A Flood of Letters  168
20. A Multitude of Regrets  172
21. Grave Doubts as to His Guilt  178
22. Jim Crow Justice  185
Epilogue. The Community That Kept Faith  193
Afterword. Letter to My Father  197
Acknowledgments  203
Notes  209
Bibliography  233
Index  241