Rage to redemption in the sterilization age : a confrontation with American genocide / John Railey ; foreword by Edwin Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Railey, John.

Contributor:

Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eugenics--United States--History--20th century.

Eugenics.

Sterilization (Birth control).

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2015]

Summary:

Nial Cox Ramirez, rendered barren in 1965 by one of America's most aggressive sterilization programs, made nationwide news in the 1970s as she fought for redress. Her landmark case fizzled in the early 1980s. Nial went on, raising a successful daughter, the one child she gave birth to before the state got to her. She never surrendered her dream of justice, but what happened to her and more than 7,600 others in "progressive" North Carolina receded into the background, buried under the cheery press releases the state program relied on before it closed down in 1974. Then, in 2002, a team of reporters at the Winston-Salem Journal gained access to records that exposed, for the first time, the brutal inner workings of this sterilization program that had been backed by their paper. One of those reporters, John Railey, became the editorial page editor of the Journal and made victim compensation his cause. He joined forces with Ramirez, other victims, and state legislator Larry Womble, who kept fighting even after he was almost killed in a car wreck. This is the story of their victory. It's the story of Ramirez and Railey, two unlikely friends joined forever on a faith-based justice journey. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Another Place, Another Time

1 The Girl 3

2 Under the Radar, Out of Control 12

3 Nial's Storm 19

4 An Unwelcome Visitor 22

5 Nial's Choice 28

6 Round 'Em Up 37

7 One Last Try 42

8 Leaving Carolina 46

9 "No Civilized Country" 51

10 Seeking Justice 65

Part II Newspapermen

11 Revelations 79

12 Resurrecting Memories 89

13 Uneasy Homecoming 106

14 The Fallout 114

Photos and Captions 119

Part III The Reckoning

15 The Inner South 129

16 Sucked In 134

17 Faith of My Father 137

18 My Magnificent Obsession 141

19 The Dream Trap 145

20 My Lying Heart 149

21 Politickin' 151

22 Stepping Out on Faith 156

23 Torn Asunder 165

24 Deliverance 169.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alec Harris & Carollina Song Fund.

ISBN:

1625648227

9781625648228

OCLC:

904183144

Publisher Number:

99962892423