Trent Brown

Roadhouse Justice (eBook, ePUB)

Hattie Lee Barnes and the Killing of a White Man in 1950s Mississippi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In 1951, a young Black woman, working as an overnight caretaker at a county-line beer joint in southwestern Mississippi, shot and killed a white intruder who was likely intending to assault her. Hattie Lee Barnes's killing of Lamar Craft threw the courts into a whirlwind of conflicting stories and murder attempts, illuminating the capriciousness of Mississippi justice, in which race, personal connections, and community expectations mattered a great deal.

In Roadhouse Justice, Trent Brown examines the long-forgotten circumstances surrounding this case, revealing not only the details of Craft's death and the lengthy court proceedings that followed, but also the precarious nature of Black lives under the 1950s southern justice system. Told here in full for the first time, the story of Barnes's tribulations and ultimate victory demonstrates her intense determination and refusal to buckle under the enormous pressures she faced.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807178331
• Artikelnr.: 63740133

Autorenporträt

Trent Brown is professor of American studies at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Brown is the author of multiple books, including Murder in McComb: The Tina Andrews Case.