Going to hell to get the devil : the 1972 Charlotte Three case and the freedom struggle in a Sunbelt city / J. Christopher Schutz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schutz, J. Christopher, author.

Contributor:

Project Muse

Class of 1953 Fund.

Series:

Making the modern South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grant, James Earl.

Reddy, T. J., 1945-2019.

Reddy, T. J.

Parker, Charles, 1948-.

Parker, Charles.

North Carolina Political Prisoners Committee.

Civil rights movements--North Carolina--Charlotte.

Civil rights movements.

Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations.

Charlotte (N.C.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : LSU Press, [2024]

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Key Actors and Organizations

Introduction

1 Business Leadership and Desegregation in 1960s Charlotte

2 "Outside Agitators" and the Struggle for Power

3 Let Justice Roll Down like Waters: From a War on Poverty to a War on Crime

4 Blood Revolution in a Tobacco Town: Racial Turmoil in Oxford, North Carolina

5 Strange Bedfellows: Al Hood, Dave Washington, and the War on Crime

6 Convicting the Wizard, the Poet, and Little Charlie: The Charlotte Three Trial

7 The North Carolina Political Prisoners Committee

8 "Telling the Truth"

9 And Then There Were None

Chronology

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital cover (viewed on March 13, 2024).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Schutz, J. Christopher Going to Hell to Get the Devil

ISBN:

9780807182154

080718215X

Publisher Number:

40032221995

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.