Unsolved civil rights murder cases, 1934-1970 / Michael Newton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton, Michael, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Crimes against--History--20th century.

African Americans.

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

Murder.

Hate crimes--United States--History--20th century.

Hate crimes.

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

Racism.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (547 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007 called for review and reinvestigation of "violations of criminal civil rights statutes that occurred not later than December 31, 1969, and resulted in a death." The U.S. Attorney General's review observed that date, while examining cases from 1936 (a date not specified in the Till Act) onward. In selecting violations for review, certain "headline" cases were included while others meeting the same criteria were not considered. This first full-length survey of American civil rights "cold cases" examines unsolved racially motivated murders over nearly four decades, beginning in 1934. The author covers all cases reviewed by the federal government to date, as well as a larger number of cases that were ignored without official explanation.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: Official Civil Rights "Cold Cases"; Claude Neal; October 26, 1934; Jackson County, FL; Maceo Snipes; July 18, 1946; Taylor County, GA; Roger Malcom, Dorothy Malcom, George Dorsey and Mae Murray Dorsey; July 25, 1946; Moore's Ford, GA; Harry Tyson Moore and Harriette Vyda Simms Moore; December 25, 1951; Mims, FL; Hilliard Brooks; August 12, 1952; Montgomery, AL; Ladislado Ureste; April 27, 1953; San Antonio, TX; Preston Bolden; May 8, 1953; San Antonio, TX; Isadore Banks; June 4, 1954; Crittenden County, AR; Isaiah Henry; July 28, 1954

Greensburg, LAGeorge Washington Lee; May 7, 1955; Belzoni, MS; Lamar Smith; August 13, 1955; Brookhaven, MS; Emmett Louis Till; August 28, 1955; Money, MS; John Earl Reese; October 22, 1955; Mayflower, TX; Clinton Melton; December 3, 1955; Glendora, MS; James E. Evanston; December 21, 1955; Long Lake, MS; Jesse James Shelby; January 21, 1956; Yazoo City, MS; Thomas Hency Brewer; February 18, 1956; Columbus, GA; William Dallas Owens; March 5, 1956; New Bern, NC; Bessie McDowell; June 14, 1956; Andalusia, AL; Maybelle Mahone; December 5, 1956; Zebulon, GA; Willie Edwards, Jr.

January 23, 1957 Montgomery County, AL; Willie Joe Sanford; February 1957; Hawkinsville, GA; George Washington Singleton, Jr.; April 30, 1957; Shelby, NC; Charles Brown; June 18, 1957; Benton, MS; Rogers Hamilton; October 22, 1957; Lowndes County, AL; Clarence Horatious Pickett; December 23, 1957; Columbus, GA; George Love; January 8, 1958; Sunflower County, MS; James Brazier; April 20, 1958; Dawson, GA; Edward Smith; April 27, 1958; State Line, MS; John Larry Bolden; May 3, 1958; Chattanooga, TN; Willie Countryman; May 25, 1958; Dawson, GA; Woodrow Wilson Daniels; July 1, 1958

Water Valley, MSRichard Lillard; July 20, 1958; Nashville, TN; Ernest Hunter; September 13, 1958; Savannah, GA; Joseph Franklin Jeter, Sr.; September 13, 1958; Atlanta, GA; Mack Charles Parker; April 25, 1959; Poplarville, MS; Samuel O'Quinn; August 14, 1959; Centreville, MS; Booker T. Mixon; October 12, 1959; Marks, MS; Luther Jackson; October 30, 1959; Philadelphia, MS; William Roy Prather; October 31, 1959; Corinth, MS; Mattie Green; May 16, 1960; Ringgold, GA; Marshall Johns, Ernest McPharland, Albert Pitts and David Pitts; July 23, 1960; Monroe, LA; Fred Robinson

August 5, 1960 Edisto Island, SC; Clarence P. Cloninger; October 10, 1960; Gaston, NC; Herbert Lee; September 25, 1961; Liberty, MS; Eli Brumfield; October 13, 1961; McComb, MS; Roman Ducksworth, Jr.; April 9, 1962; Taylorsville, MS; Joseph Hill Dumas; May 5, 1962; Perry, FL; Paul Guihard; September 30, 1962; Oxford, MS; A. C. Hall; October 13, 1962; Macon, GA; Sylvester Maxwell; January 4, 1963; Camden, MS; William Lewis Moore; April 23, 1963; Etowah County, AL; Andrew Lee Anderson; July 17, 1963; Crittenden County, AR; Johnny Brown Robinson; September 15, 1963; Birmingham, AL

Virgil Ware

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-2362-7