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Last chance for justice : how relentless investigators uncovered new evidence convicting the Birmingham church bombers / T. K. Thorne.
LIBRA - Rare HV6534.B5 T46 2013 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thorne, T. K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Murder--Investigation--Alabama--Birmingham--History--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Murder--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century.
- Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century.
- Bombings.
- African Americans--Crimes against--History--Alabama--Birmingham--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Hate crimes--Alabama--Birmingham--History--20th century.
- Hate crimes.
- History.
- Murder--Investigation.
- Birmingham (Ala.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Birmingham (Ala.).
- African Americans--Crimes against.
- Race relations.
- Alabama--Birmingham.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- History.
- Nonfiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 268 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, 2013.
- Summary:
- Chronicles the re-opening of the investigation into the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, detailing how detectives identified new witnesses and unearthed lost evidence.
- Contents:
- The mantrap
- Bapbomb
- The Chambliss case
- Agent Bill Fleming
- Old files and rabbit trails
- The Chambliss case: beginnings
- The trunk tapes
- Dallas bound
- Bobby Frank Cherry
- Tipping point
- Mitch Burns
- Bobby Birdwell
- Michael Wayne Gowins
- Don Luna, "con of cons"
- William "Bill" Jackson
- Charles Cagle and "Quick Draw" Yarbrough
- Partners
- Wyman S. Lee and Pershing Mayfield
- Willadean Brogdon Cherry
- Sanbomb
- Waylene Vaughn and Gloria LaDow
- Tommy Frank Cherry
- Mary Frances Cunningham
- Federal grand jury
- Police files and state grand jury
- The kitchen tape
- Enhancing the tapes
- Preparing for trial
- The trial of Thomas Blanton
- Blanton trial: prosecution closing arguments
- Blanton trial: defense
- War room
- Darkest hours
- The battle over Cherry's mind
- The trial of Bobby Frank Cherry
- Cherry trial: defense
- Cherry trial: closing arguments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 9781613748640
- 1613748647
- OCLC:
- 829738860
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