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Devil in the grove : Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the dawn of a new America / Gilbert King.
Chronicles a little-known court case in which Thurgood Marshall successfully saved a black citrus worker from the electric chair after the worker was accused of raping a white woman with three other black men.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061792281
- ISBN: 0061792284
- ISBN: 9780061792267
- ISBN: 0061792268
- Physical Description: x, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Harper, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Mink slide -- Sugar Hill -- Get to pushin' -- Nigger in a pit -- Trouble fixin' to start -- A little Bolita -- Wipe this place clean -- A Christmas card -- Don't shoot, white man -- Quite a hose wielder -- Bad egg -- Atom smasher -- In any fight some fall -- This is a rape case -- You have pissed in my whiskey -- It's a funny thing -- No man alive or to be born -- All over the place, like rats -- Private parts -- A genius here before us -- The colored way -- A place in the sun -- Epilogue. |
| Citation/References Note: | CH 10/12 |
| Awards Note: | Pulitzer Prize (Biography), 2013 |
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- 10 of 10 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.
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- 1 current hold with 10 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | 305.896 KIN 2012 (Text) | 0002204515874 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
