Murder on Shades Mountain : the legal lynching of Willie Peterson and the struggle for justice in Jim Crow Birmingham
Record details
- ISBN: 9780822371175 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0822371170
- ISBN: 9780822371670
- ISBN: 0822371677
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Computer data. - Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press, [2018]
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:september.21 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Danger in the magic city -- August 4, 1931 -- A city beset by fear -- Reign of terror in the black community -- Fear, loathing, and oblivion in the white community -- Trials and tribulations -- The arrest: September 23, 1931 -- Attempted murder -- Grand jury testimonies -- The NAACP comes to life -- Mounting the defense -- House of pain -- "A temporarily dethroned mind" -- "An outrageous spectacle of injustice" -- A tumultuous year -- Never turning back -- Staying on the firing line -- Charles Hamilton Houston -- A lynching in Tuscaloosa -- Moving the case forward -- No negroes allowed -- A flood of letters -- A multitude of regrets -- Grave doubts as to his guilt -- Jim Crow justice -- Epilogue: The community that kept faith -- Afterword: Letter to my father. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. |
System Details Note: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by JSTOR. |
Action Note: | digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
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