Race against time : the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men
題名:
Race against time : the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men
著者:
Wallace, Sandra Neil.
Wallace, Rich.
ISBN(國際標準書號):
9781629798165
版本:
1st ed.
出版資訊:
New York : Calkins Creek, c2021.
規格:
143 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
摘要:
"In October 1919, a group of black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved answered the call and represented the twelve-but could he save the men's lives and set them free? Through their in-depth research and consultation with legal experts, noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace carefully examine the complex proceedings and offer a riveting and clear account of this landmark civil rights case"-- Provided by publisher.
主題詞彙:
主題:
Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919 -- History -- Juvenile literature. |
Judges -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature. |
Race riots -- Arkansas -- History -- Juvenile literature. |
African American lawyers -- Juvenile literature. |
Lawyers -- Juvenile literature. |
Racism -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature. |
Race relations -- Juvenile literature. |
Race riots -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature. |
Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919 -- Juvenile literature. |
African Americans -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature. |
Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. |
Phillips County (Ark.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. |
Phillips County (Ark.) -- History -- Juvenile literature. |
Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943 -- Political activity. |
Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943 -- Juvenile literature. |
摘要:
"In October 1919, a group of black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved answered the call and represented the twelve-but could he save the men's lives and set them free? Through their in-depth research and consultation with legal experts, noted nonfiction authors Sandra Neil Wallace and Rich Wallace carefully examine the complex proceedings and offer a riveting and clear account of this landmark civil rights case"--