LEADER 03914nam 2200649 450 001 9910808361003321 005 20230725033931.0 010 $a1-283-87379-6 010 $a0-8135-5207-9 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813552071 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241030 035 $a(EBL)862767 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000787080 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440541 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000787080 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10813479 035 $a(PQKB)11430035 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC862767 035 $a(OCoLC)819379316 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19667 035 $a(DE-B1597)530015 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813552071 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL862767 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10593844 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418629 035 $a(OCoLC)854968365 035 $a(OCoLC)842665776 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241030 100 $a20140224h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJersey justice $ethe story of the trenton six /$fCathy D. Knepper ; typesetting, Jack Donner 210 1$aNew Brunswick, [New Jersey] :$cRivergate Books,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8135-5127-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-249) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$t1 The Crime and the Trenton Six --$t2 The Trial, Prosecution --$t3 The Trial, Defense --$t4 Bessie Mitchell Finds Help --$t5 Second Trial, Prosecution --$t6 Second Trial, Defense --$t7 Two Men Left --$tEpilogue --$tList of Principals --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aThe case of the Trenton Six attracted international attention in its time (1948?1952) and was once known as the ?northern Scottsboro Boys case.? Yet, there is no memory of it. The shame of racism evident in the case has been nearly erased from the public record. Now, historian Cathy D. Knepper takes us back to the courtroom to make us aware of this shocking chapter in American history. Jersey Justice: The Story of the Trenton Six begins in 1948 when William Horner, an elderly junk dealer, was murdered in his downtown Trenton shop. Over a two-week period, six local African American men were arrested and charged with collectively killing Horner. Violating every rule in the book, the Trenton police held the six men in incommunicado detention, without warrants, and threatened them until they confessed. At the end of the trial the all-white jury sentenced the six men to die in the electric chair. That might have been the end of the story were it not for the tireless efforts of Bessie Mitchell, the sister of one of the accused men. Undaunted by the refusal of the NAACP and the ACLU to help appeal the conviction of the Trenton Six, Mitchell enlisted the aid of the Civil Rights Congress, ultimately taking the case as far as the New Jersey Supreme Court. Along the way, the Trenton Six garnered the attention and involvement of many prominent activists, politicians, and artists, including Paul Robeson, Thurgood Marshall, Eleanor Roosevelt, Pete Seeger, Arthur Miller, and Albert Einstein. Jersey Justice brings to light a shameful moment in our nation?s history, but it also tells the story of a personal battle for social justice that changed America. 606 $aTrenton Six Trial, Trenton, N.J., 1948-1951 606 $aTrials (Murder)$zNew Jersey$zTrenton 615 0$aTrenton Six Trial, Trenton, N.J., 1948-1951. 615 0$aTrials (Murder) 676 $a345.749/6602523 700 $aKnepper$b Cathy D$01595270 701 $aDonner$b Jack$01595271 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808361003321 996 $aJersey justice$93916145 997 $aUNINA