02842nam 2200625 a 450 991045717170332120200520144314.01-283-45527-797866134552771-60473-907-X(CKB)2550000000088686(EBL)866913(OCoLC)764507589(SSID)ssj0000640924(PQKBManifestationID)11383934(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000640924(PQKBWorkID)10613347(PQKB)11137528(MiAaPQ)EBC866913(Au-PeEL)EBL866913(CaPaEBR)ebr10531932(CaONFJC)MIL345527(EXLCZ)99255000000008868619850819d1986 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA "Scottsboro" case in Mississippi[electronic resource] the Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi /by Richard C. CortnerPrint-on-demand ed.Jackson University of Mississippic19861 online resource (189 p.)Includes index.1-57806-815-0 Bibliography: p. 170.Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 A Murder in Bloody Kemper; 2 ""Not Too Much for a Negro"": The Trial of the Kemper County Trio; 3 John Clark's Appeal; 4 Earl Brewer's Appeal; 5 A Question of Money: The NAACP-CIC Connection; 6 The Quiet of a Storm Center: The Brown Case and the New Deal Court; 7 Brown v. Mississippi: Remand and Aftermath; A Note on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YThis absorbing book is a systematic analysis of the litigation in Brown v. Mississippi, in which the Supreme Court made a pathbreaking decision in 1936 showing the unconstitutionality of coerced confessions. The case exonerated Ed Brown, Henry Shields, and Arthur (Yank) Ellington, three black sharecroppers who had confessed under torture to the murder of a white planter. This case, similar to the notorious ""Scottsboro"" case in Alabama, paved the way for the controversial MIRANDA decision thirty years later.This book presents a dramatic story of both tragedy and triumph, one in which human naTrials (Murder)MississippiDeKalbRight to counselUnited StatesConfession (Law)United StatesElectronic books.Trials (Murder)Right to counselConfession (Law)345.73/02523347.3052523Cortner Richard C237581MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457171703321A "Scottsboro" case in Mississippi1994894UNINA