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Author Morrison, Melanie, 1949- author.
Title Murder on Shades Mountain : the legal lynching of Willie Peterson and the struggle for justice in Jim Crow Birmingham / Melanie S. Morrison.
Publisher Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Copyright date ©2018


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Contents 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.
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Author Morrison, Melanie, 1949- author.
Series Online access with subscription: Duke University Press.
Subject Peterson, Willie, 1896-1940 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (x, 256 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Content text txt
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Carrier online resource nc
Contents 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.
Note Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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 MiAaHDL
ISBN 9780822371670 (electronic book)
0822371677 (electronic book)
9780822371175 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0822371170 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
Author Morrison, Melanie, 1949- author.
Series Online access with subscription: Duke University Press.
Subject Peterson, Willie, 1896-1940 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.

Subject Peterson, Willie, 1896-1940 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
African Americans -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Birmingham.
Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Descript 1 online resource (x, 256 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Content text txt
Media computer n
Carrier online resource nc
Contents 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.
Note Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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 MiAaHDL
ISBN 9780822371670 (electronic book)
0822371677 (electronic book)
9780822371175 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0822371170 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
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