Remembering Scottsboro
The Legacy of an Infamous Trial
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 defendants were sentenced to death-making Scottsboro one of the worst travesties of justice to take place in the post-Reconstruction South. Remembering Scottsboro explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race, class, sexual politics, and justice. James Miller draws upon the archives…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4008-3322-1
- EAN: 9781400833221
- Produktnummer: 36158863
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
James A. Miller was professor of English and American studies and chair of the American Studies Department at George Washington University.
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