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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Summary     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Morrison, Melanie, 1949- author.     Subjects     Peterson, Willie, 1896-1940 -- Trials, litigation, etc.     Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Birmingham.     African Americans -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Birmingham.     Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Morrison, Melanie, 1949- author.       by title:      Murder on Shades Mou...         MARC Display

Murder on Shades Mountain : the legal lynching of Willie Peterson and the struggle for justice in Jim Crow Birmingham / Melanie S. Morrison. by Morrison, Melanie, 1949- author. Subjects Peterson, Willie, 1896-1940 -- Trials, litigation, etc.   Trials (Rape) -- Alabama -- Birmingham.   African Americans -- Crimes against -- Alabama -- Birmingham.   Birmingham (Ala.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9780822371175 0822371170 Description:  x, 256 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Introduction--Part 1 Danger in the Magic City -- August 4, 1931 -- A city beset by fear -- Reign of terror in the black community -- Fear, loathing, and oblivion in the white community -- Part 2 Trials and Tribulations -- The arrest: September 23, 1931 -- Attempted murder -- Grand jury testimonies -- The NAACP comes to life -- Mounting the defense -- House of pain -- "A temporarily dethroned mind" -- "An outrageous spectacle of injustice" -- A tumultuous year -- Part 3 Never Turning Back -- Staying on the firing line -- Charles Hamilton Houston -- A lynching in Tuscaloosa -- Moving the case forward -- No Negroes allowed -- A flood of letters -- A multitude of regrets -- Grave doubts as to his guilt -- Jim Crow justice -- Epilogue: the community that kept faith -- Afterword: letter to my father.   Copy/Holding information Call No. Collection Status Location   KF224.P48 M677 2018 Circulating Books Checked In St. Clair County Community College Library Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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