| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 413 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-385) and index. |
| Contents |
Steal away -- A hell of a place -- "These white folks will kill you" -- "In Bessemer, anything can happen" -- A "well bound book" -- "Because it was self-defense" -- A violent and accidental death -- "There are lots of ways to fight" -- "I just say I am innocent" -- "You belong to the state of Alabama" -- "Please spare my life" -- Called by lightning -- A thunderous arrival -- Whereabouts unknown -- Sinners to convert -- Segregation's last stand -- "Sojourn in the shadow of death" -- "In a wasted land of no want" -- "He still ain't dead" -- "Set me free dear Jesus" -- Conclusion: the Salvation Club. |
| Summary |
" ... Reconstruction of the ... life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of the Jim Crow South"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Washington, Caliph, 1939-2001.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Alabama -- History.
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African American prisoners -- Alabama -- Biography.
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Death row inmates -- Alabama -- Biography.
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Alabama -- Race relations -- History.
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HISTORY / African American.
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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LAW / Legal History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781631492372 (hardcover) |
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1631492373 (hardcover) |
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