The Scottsboro boys in their own words : selected letters, 1931-1950 / edited by Kwando M. Kinshasa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kinshasa, Kwando Mbiassi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931.

Trials (Rape)--Alabama--Scottsboro.

Trials (Rape).

African Americans--Alabama--Scottsboro--Correspondence.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Central to this book is the chronologically structured presentation of letters (1931-1950) that exhibit an intellectual growth and ability on the part of the defendants to effectively express their thoughts. In addition there is legal correspondence from attorneys and members of Scottsboro support committees. The original grammar, syntax and vernacular of the defendants is maintained"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Letters from 1931 : establishing the legal ground

Letters from 1932 : counselors for the wise

Letters from 1933 : clash of concerns

Letters from 1934 : Scottsboro mothers

Letters from 1935 : black jurors wanted

Letters from 1936 : psychology of oppression

Letters from 1937 : four down, five to go

Letters from 1938 : jail rot

Letters from 1939 : to be free, and then what

Letters from 1940 : pushed to the limits

Letters from 1941 : dear Miss Hester Huntington

Letters from 1942 : the ILD way

Letters from 1943 : reaching outward

Letters from 1944 : to be paroled or not

Letters from 1945 : Patterson's burden

Letters from 1946 : andy wrights return

Letters from 1947 : the cost of parole

Letters from 1948 : Patterson's guile

Letters from 1950 Andy's walk.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-0344-8