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Title The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950 / edited by Kwando M. Kinshasa.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

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 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  345.761 SCO    Storage
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  345.761 SC    Check Shelf
Description x, 326 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Letters from 1931 : establishing the legal ground -- Letters from 1932 : counselors for the wise -- Letters from 1933 : clash of concerns -- Letters from 1934 : Scottsboro mothers -- Letters from 1935 : black jurors wanted -- Letters from 1936 : psychology of oppression -- Letters from 1937 : four down, five to go -- Letters from 1938 : jail rot -- Letters from 1939 : to be free, and then what -- Letters from 1940 : pushed to the limits -- Letters from 1941 : dear Miss Hester Huntington -- Letters from 1942 : the ILD way -- Letters from 1943 : reaching outward -- Letters from 1944 : to be paroled or not -- Letters from 1945 : Patterson's burden -- Letters from 1946 : andy wrights return -- Letters from 1947 : the cost of parole -- Letters from 1948 : Patterson's guile -- Letters from 1950 Andy's walk.
Summary "Central to this book is the chronologically structured presentation of letters (1931-1950) that exhibit an intellectual growth and ability on the part of the defendants to effectively express their thoughts. In addition there is legal correspondence from attorneys and members of Scottsboro support committees. The original grammar, syntax and vernacular of the defendants is maintained"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931.
Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Scottsboro.
African Americans -- Alabama -- Scottsboro -- Correspondence.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- United States -- History.
African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
African Americans -- Civil rights. (OCoLC)fst00799575
Trials (Rape) (OCoLC)fst01156393
Alabama -- Scottsboro. (OCoLC)fst01219883
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1931
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Records and correspondence. (OCoLC)fst01423917
Added Author Kinshasa, Kwando Mbiassi, editor.
ISBN 9780786472048 softcover alkaline paper
0786472049 softcover alkaline paper
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