A "Scottsboro" case in Mississippi [electronic resource] : the Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi / by Richard C. Cortner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cortner, Richard C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials (Murder)--Mississippi--DeKalb.

Trials (Murder).

Right to counsel--United States.

Right to counsel.

Confession (Law)--United States.

Confession (Law).

Brown, Ed--Trials, litigation, etc.

Brown, Ed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Edition:

Print-on-demand ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University of Mississippi, c1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This absorbing book is a systematic analysis of the litigation in Brown v. Mississippi, in which the Supreme Court made a pathbreaking decision in 1936 showing the unconstitutionality of coerced confessions. The case exonerated Ed Brown, Henry Shields, and Arthur (Yank) Ellington, three black sharecroppers who had confessed under torture to the murder of a white planter. This case, similar to the notorious ""Scottsboro"" case in Alabama, paved the way for the controversial MIRANDA decision thirty years later.This book presents a dramatic story of both tragedy and triumph, one in which human na

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 A Murder in Bloody Kemper; 2 ""Not Too Much for a Negro"": The Trial of the Kemper County Trio; 3 John Clark's Appeal; 4 Earl Brewer's Appeal; 5 A Question of Money: The NAACP-CIC Connection; 6 The Quiet of a Storm Center: The Brown Case and the New Deal Court; 7 Brown v. Mississippi: Remand and Aftermath; A Note on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 170.

ISBN:

1-283-45527-7

9786613455277

1-60473-907-X

OCLC:

764507589