Overview

In March 1931, Clarence Norris, a self-described hobo, and eight other black men were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama, and charged with raping two white girls who were also hoboes on the train he was riding. The one day trial of the nine men, better known as the ""Scottsboro Boys"" resulted in conviction and the death sentence despite a paucity of evidence. Though later pardoned, Norris spent 13 years in jail. (He died in 1989.) Clarence Norris's description of his arrest, trial and sentencing is both tragic and inspirational. His letters to his family, attorneys and supporters show his spirit as he struggled against a biased judicial system. A lengthy 1980 interview with Norris is supplemented by contemporary newspaper accounts of the trial, articles by Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter and Alabama Appeals Court Judge James E. Horton, and legal opinions of the defendants' attorney, Samuel S. Leibowitz.

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Author:   Kwando Mbiassi Kinshasa ,  Haywood Burns
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780786415380

ISBN 10:   078641538
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   16 December 2002
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Foreword      Preface and Acknowledgments      Introduction      1. Sharecropper      2. Georgia Boy      3. The Meeting Place      4. House of Pain      5. Against Judicial Murder      6. Ozie’s Sacrifice      7. Correspondence, Epistles, and Dispatches      8. A Philosophy for Survival      9. Postscript      Appendix A. Hoboes: Wandering in America (1870–1940)      Appendix B. Killing, Rioting, and Race War      Appendix C. The Scottsboro Case      Appendix D. What Negro Newspapers of Georgia Say About Some Social Problems (1933)      Appendix E. The Scottsboro Case: Opinions of Judge James E. Horton of the Alabama Circuit Court Granting a Motion for a New Trial in the Scottsboro Case on the Ground That the Conviction Was Against the Weight of the Evidence      Appendix F. Attorneys for Scottsboro Boys Issue Statement      Appendix G. Report of Neuropsychiatric Examination      Notes      Index     

Reviews

electrifying --<i>Booklist</i>; an eclectic combination of oral history, historical commentary, and historical documents --<i>The Journal of Southern History</i>; history is both frightening and awe inspiring...a testimony to the injustices of racial prejudice --<i>Reference & Research Book News.</i>

Author Information

Kwando Mbiassi Kinshasa is a professor of African American Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

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