RT Book
T1 The three death sentences of Clarence Henderson: a battle for racial justice at the dawn of the Civil Rights Era : [july 25,1950]
A1 Joyner, Chris
LA English
PP New York
PB Abrams Press
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1801272107
AB Preface -- Murder and chaos -- Carrollton -- A desperate manhunt -- "A very dark Negro" -- The first trial -- "Let me go home" -- Subversive elements -- The commies come to town -- "His fight is our fight" -- The NAACP takes charge -- A new trial ordered -- Dan Duke -- The second trial -- Ballistics, Nan, and a verdict -- New evidence, new trial -- The third trial -- Cornett v. Jones -- God and the NAACP.
AB The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson is the story of Clarence Henderson, a wrongfully accused Black sharecropper who was sentenced to die three different times for a murder he didn't commit, and the prosecution desperate to pin the crime on him despite scant evidence. His first trial lasted only a day and featured a lackluster public defense. The book also tells the story of Homer Chase, a former World War II paratrooper and New England radical who was sent to the South by the Communist Party to recruit African Americans to the cause while offering them a chance at increased freedom. And it's the story of Thurgood Marshall's NAACP and their battle against not only entrenched racism but a Communist Party -- despite facing nearly as much prejudice as those they were trying to help -- intent on winning the hearts and minds of Black voters. The bitter battle between the two groups played out as the sides sparred over who would take the lead on Henderson's defense, a period in which he spent years in prison away from a daughter he had never seen. Through it all, The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson is a portrait of a community, and a country, at a crossroads, trying to choose between the path it knows is right and the path of least resistance. The case pitted powerful forces -- often those steering legal and journalistic institutions -- attempting to use racism and Red-Scare tactics against a populace that by and large believed the case against Henderson was suspect at best. But ultimately, it's a hopeful story about how even when things look dark, some small measure of justice can be achieved against all the odds, and actual progress is possible. It's the rare book that is a timely read, yet still manages to shed an informative light on America's past and future, as well as its present
NO Nur auf dem Einband: "july 25,1950"
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-322) and index
CN KF224.H46
SN 9781419756368
K1 Henderson, Clarence : 1920 or 1921-
K1 Henderson, Clarence
K1 Trials (Murder) : Georgia
K1 False imprisonment : Georgia
K1 Trials (Murder) : United States
K1 False imprisonment : United States
K1 African American prisoners : United States : Biography
K1 Racism against Black people : United States
K1 Lawyers : Malpractice : United States
K1 African American prisoners
K1 False imprisonment
K1 Lawyers ; Malpractice
K1 Racism
K1 Trials (False imprisonment)
K1 Trials (Murder)
K1 True crime stories
K1 Biographies
K1 Récits criminels
K1 United States : Race relations
K1 United States
K1 Biography
K1 Atlanta, Ga. : Mord : Vergewaltigung : Schwarze : Todesstrafe : Fehlurteil : Rassismus