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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132774803321

Autore

Wukovits John F. <1944->

Titolo

An appeal for justice : the trials of the Scottsboro Nine / / John F. Wukovits

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit : , : Lucent Books, , 2012

ISBN

1-4205-0847-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Lucent library of Black history

Disciplina

345.761/9502523

Soggetti

Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-121) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A tragic train ride -- The first round of trials -- Legal battles -- A prisoner's world -- Judge Horton's courtroom -- A new round of trials -- The long ordeal ends.

Sommario/riassunto

Places important topics in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the sweep of America's story. This volume covers the trials of nine innocent blacks, who were rounded up, tried, and convicted on little more than the word of two white women.