The Resource The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950
The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950
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The item The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950 represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This is a collection of letters written by the nine African American defendants in the infamous March 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, rape case. Though most of the defendants were barely literate and all were teenagers when incarcerated, over the course of almost two decades in prison they learned the rudiments of effective letter writing and in doing so forcefully expressed a wide range of perspectives on the falsity of the charges against them as their incarceration became a cause celebre both in the United States and internationally. Central to this book is the chronologically structured presenta
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Letters from 1931: Establishing the Legal Ground; 2. Letters from 1932: Counselors for the Wise; 3. Letters from 1933: Clash of Concerns; 4. Letters from 1934: Scottsboro Mothers; 5. Letters from 1935: Black Jurors Wanted; 6. Letters from 1936: Psychology of Oppression; 7. Letters from 1937: Four Down, Five to Go; 8. Letters from 1938: Jail Rot; 9. Letters from 1939: To Be Free, and Then What; 10. Letters from 1940: Pushed to the Limits; 11. Letters from 1941: Dear Miss Hester Huntington; 12. Letters from 1942: The ILD Way
- 13. Letters from 1943: Reaching Outward14. Letters from 1944: To Be Paroled or Not; 15. Letters from 1945: Patterson's Burden; 16. Letters from 1946: Andy Wright's Return; 17. Letters from 1947: The Cost of Parole; The Cost of Parole; 18. Letters from 1948: Patterson's Guile; 19. Letters from 1950: Andy's Walk; Postscript; Appendices; A.A Report of the ""Traveling Salesman""; B. Kilby State Prison; C. The Death of Janie Patterson; D. Death Warrant of Haywood Patterson; References; Index
- Isbn
- 9781476603445
- Label
- The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950
- Title
- The Scottsboro boys in their own words
- Title remainder
- selected letters, 1931-1950
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This is a collection of letters written by the nine African American defendants in the infamous March 1931 Scottsboro, Alabama, rape case. Though most of the defendants were barely literate and all were teenagers when incarcerated, over the course of almost two decades in prison they learned the rudiments of effective letter writing and in doing so forcefully expressed a wide range of perspectives on the falsity of the charges against them as their incarceration became a cause celebre both in the United States and internationally. Central to this book is the chronologically structured presenta
- Cataloging source
- EBLCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kinshasa, Kwando M
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- KF224.S34
- LC item number
- S35 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931
- Trials (Rape)
- African Americans
- African Americans
- Label
- The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
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- Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Letters from 1931: Establishing the Legal Ground; 2. Letters from 1932: Counselors for the Wise; 3. Letters from 1933: Clash of Concerns; 4. Letters from 1934: Scottsboro Mothers; 5. Letters from 1935: Black Jurors Wanted; 6. Letters from 1936: Psychology of Oppression; 7. Letters from 1937: Four Down, Five to Go; 8. Letters from 1938: Jail Rot; 9. Letters from 1939: To Be Free, and Then What; 10. Letters from 1940: Pushed to the Limits; 11. Letters from 1941: Dear Miss Hester Huntington; 12. Letters from 1942: The ILD Way
- 13. Letters from 1943: Reaching Outward14. Letters from 1944: To Be Paroled or Not; 15. Letters from 1945: Patterson's Burden; 16. Letters from 1946: Andy Wright's Return; 17. Letters from 1947: The Cost of Parole; The Cost of Parole; 18. Letters from 1948: Patterson's Guile; 19. Letters from 1950: Andy's Walk; Postscript; Appendices; A.A Report of the ""Traveling Salesman""; B. Kilby State Prison; C. The Death of Janie Patterson; D. Death Warrant of Haywood Patterson; References; Index
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781476603445
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869095239
- Label
- The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. Letters from 1931: Establishing the Legal Ground; 2. Letters from 1932: Counselors for the Wise; 3. Letters from 1933: Clash of Concerns; 4. Letters from 1934: Scottsboro Mothers; 5. Letters from 1935: Black Jurors Wanted; 6. Letters from 1936: Psychology of Oppression; 7. Letters from 1937: Four Down, Five to Go; 8. Letters from 1938: Jail Rot; 9. Letters from 1939: To Be Free, and Then What; 10. Letters from 1940: Pushed to the Limits; 11. Letters from 1941: Dear Miss Hester Huntington; 12. Letters from 1942: The ILD Way
- 13. Letters from 1943: Reaching Outward14. Letters from 1944: To Be Paroled or Not; 15. Letters from 1945: Patterson's Burden; 16. Letters from 1946: Andy Wright's Return; 17. Letters from 1947: The Cost of Parole; The Cost of Parole; 18. Letters from 1948: Patterson's Guile; 19. Letters from 1950: Andy's Walk; Postscript; Appendices; A.A Report of the ""Traveling Salesman""; B. Kilby State Prison; C. The Death of Janie Patterson; D. Death Warrant of Haywood Patterson; References; Index
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781476603445
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869095239
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