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The Dilemma of the NAACP : A Case study : the Trenton six 1948-1953 / By Steven A. Bank, 1991.
University Archives UPT2 A374 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Bank, Steven A., 1969-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horner, William, 1876-1948.
- Horner, William.
- Wilson, Horace.
- English, Collis.
- MacKenzie, John (Musician).
- MacKenzie, John.
- Cooper, Ralph.
- Thorpe, James.
- Forrest, McKinnley.
- Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974.
- Alexander, Raymond Pace.
- Moore, Clifford.
- Burrell, J. Mercer.
- Queen, Robert.
- Waldron, James.
- Golat, Solomon.
- Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993.
- Marshall, Thurgood.
- Pellettieri, George.
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- African Americans--Civil rights--New Jersey--Trenton.
- African Americans.
- State of New Jersey v. Cooper et.al.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of Steven A. Banks, 1991.
- Physical Description:
- 131 p. ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- 1991.
- Biography/History:
- Steven A. Bank wrote this paper in partial completion of the Senior Honors program in American History at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Summary:
- Bank examines the dilemma presented by the Trenton Six case in which a six African-Americans were tried for the murder of William Horner, a seventy-two year old shop-keeper in Trenton, on January 27, 1948. During a time of post-war, Cold War McCarthyism, the NAACP faced the challenge of reacting to the dubious case without seeming too radical (such as the Civil Rights Congress). The five defendants in the case included Horace Wilson, Collis English, John McKenzie, Ralph Cooper, James Thorpe, and McKinley Forrest. Attorneys serving at various times for the defense included O.J. Rogge, Emmanuel Bloch, Earl Dickerson, Thurgood Marshall, Raymond Pace Alexander, Clifford Moore, J. Mercer Burrell, Robert Queen, James Waldron, Solomon Golat, George Pellettieri, and James Turp. After three trials four of the defendants were acquitted. Cooper and English were sentenced to life imprisonment. Pellettieri filed appeals of life sentences. English died in prison from a heart ailment, and Cooper pleaded "no defense" in a fourth trial admitting a role in the murder and implicating the rest of the Trenton six. He was sentenced to six to ten years amd received parole in 1953.
- Notes:
- Thesis (B.A., Honors in American History)--University of Pennsylvania, 1991.
- OCLC:
- 1347714098
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