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Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Carter, Dan T. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0807132888     ISBN-13: 9780807132883
Publisher: LSU Press
OUR PRICE: $23.70  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2007
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Annotation: In a chapter written especially for this revised edition of his modern classic, Carter recounts the latest turns in the case. Included are the surprising story of the last surviving Scottsboro defendant and the vivid description of Victoria Price's libel suit against the network that televised the drama and subsequent trial--presumably the last of the Scottsboro trials.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Criminal Law - General
- History | United States - 20th Century
Dewey: 345.730
Series: Jules and Frances Landry Award
Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.24" W x 9.15" L (1.62 lbs) 528 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 1960's
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Alabama
- Cultural Region - South
Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
Scottsboro tells the riveting story of one of this country's most famous and controversial court cases and a tragic and revealing chapter in the history of the American South. In 1931, two white girls claimed they were savagely raped by nine young black men aboard a freight train moving across northeastern Alabama. The young men-ranging in age from twelve to nineteen-were quickly tried, and eight were sentenced to death. The age of the defendants, the stunning rapidity of their trials, and the harsh sentences they received sparked waves of protest and attracted national attention during the 1930s. Originally published in 1970, Scottsboro triggered a new interest in the case, sparking two film documentaries, several Hollywood docudramas, two autobiographies, and numerous popular and scholarly articles on the case. In his new introduction, Dan T. Carter looks back more than thirty-five years after he first wrote about the case, asking what we have learned that is new about it and what relevance the story of Scottsboro still has in the twenty-first century.
 
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