Remembering Scottsboro : : The Legacy of an Infamous Trial / / James A. Miller.

How one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in the United States continues to haunt the nation's racial psycheIn 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight of the de...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2009
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 18 halftones.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE FRAMING THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
  • CHAPTER TWO "SCOTTSBORO, TOO"
  • CHAPTER THREE STAGING SCOTTSBORO
  • CHAPTER FOUR FICTIONAL SCOTTSBOROS
  • CHAPTER FIVE RICHARD WRIGHT'S SCOTTSBORO OF THE IMAGINATION
  • CHAPTER SIX THE SCOTTSBORO DEFENDANT AS PROTO-REVOLUTIONARY
  • CHAPTER SEVEN COLD WAR SCOTTSBOROS
  • CHAPTER EIGHT HARPER LEE'S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
  • EPILOGUE
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index