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He calls me by lightning : the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of Jim Crow, southern justice, and the death penalty / S. Jonathan Bass.
Van Pelt Library E185.93.A3 B37 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bass, S. Jonathan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, Caliph, 1939-2001.
- Washington, Caliph.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Alabama--History.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
- African American prisoners--Alabama--Biography.
- African American prisoners.
- Death row inmates--Alabama--Biography.
- Death row inmates.
- Race relations.
- History.
- Alabama--Race relations--History.
- Alabama.
- Local Subjects:
- Death row inmates--Alabama--Biography.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Alabama--History.
- African American prisoners--Alabama--Biography.
- Alabama--Race relations--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 413 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]
- Summary:
- " ... Reconstruction of the ... life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of the Jim Crow South"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Steal away
- A hell of a place
- "These white folks will kill you"
- "In Bessemer, anything can happen"
- A "well bound book"
- "Because it was self-defense"
- A violent and accidental death
- "There are lots of ways to fight"
- "I just say I am innocent"
- "You belong to the state of Alabama"
- "please spare my life"
- Called by lightning
- A thunderous arrival
- Whereabouts unknown
- Sinners to convert
- Segregation's last stand
- "Sojourn in the shadow of death"
- "In a wasted land of no want"
- "He still ain't dead"
- "Set me free dear Jesus"
- Conclusion: the Salvation Club.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781631492372
- 1631492373
- OCLC:
- 951070922
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