The Resource On the laps of gods : the Red Summer of 1919 and the struggle for justice that remade a nation, Robert Whitaker
On the laps of gods : the Red Summer of 1919 and the struggle for justice that remade a nation, Robert Whitaker
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- Summary
- September 30, 1919. The United States teetered on the edge of a racial civil war. Racial fighting had erupted in 25 cities. Deep in the Arkansas Delta, black sharecroppers formed a union to sue their white landowners, who had cheated them for years. What happened next has long been shrouded in controversy. Over several days, posses and federal troops gunned down more than 100 men, women, and children. White authorities arrested more than 300 black farmers, and in brief trials, all-white juries sentenced twelve union leaders to the electric chair. And then, a lawyer from Little Rock stepped forward. Scipio Africanus Jones, born a slave, joined with the NAACP to mount an appeal in which he argued that his clients' constitutional rights to a fair trial had been violated. Never before had the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a criminal verdict in a state court because the proceedings had been unfair.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 386 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307339829
- Label
- On the laps of gods : the Red Summer of 1919 and the struggle for justice that remade a nation
- Title
- On the laps of gods
- Title remainder
- the Red Summer of 1919 and the struggle for justice that remade a nation
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Whitaker
- Subject
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- Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919
- Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- History
- African Americans -- Arkansas | Phillips County -- History
- Race riots -- Arkansas | Phillips County -- History
- Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas | Phillips County -- History -- 20th century
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- September 30, 1919. The United States teetered on the edge of a racial civil war. Racial fighting had erupted in 25 cities. Deep in the Arkansas Delta, black sharecroppers formed a union to sue their white landowners, who had cheated them for years. What happened next has long been shrouded in controversy. Over several days, posses and federal troops gunned down more than 100 men, women, and children. White authorities arrested more than 300 black farmers, and in brief trials, all-white juries sentenced twelve union leaders to the electric chair. And then, a lawyer from Little Rock stepped forward. Scipio Africanus Jones, born a slave, joined with the NAACP to mount an appeal in which he argued that his clients' constitutional rights to a fair trial had been violated. Never before had the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a criminal verdict in a state court because the proceedings had been unfair.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Whitaker, Robert
- Dewey number
- 976.7/88052
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F417.P45
- LC item number
- W475 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jones, Scipio Africanus
- Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919
- Race riots
- African Americans
- Trials (Murder)
- Phillips County (Ark.)
- Phillips County (Ark.)
- Label
- On the laps of gods : the Red Summer of 1919 and the struggle for justice that remade a nation, Robert Whitaker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-367) and index
- Control code
- ocn181368761
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 386 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307339829
- Lccn
- 2007045820
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)181368761
- Label
- On the laps of gods : the Red Summer of 1919 and the struggle for justice that remade a nation, Robert Whitaker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-367) and index
- Control code
- ocn181368761
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 386 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307339829
- Lccn
- 2007045820
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)181368761
Subject
- Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919
- Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- History
- African Americans -- Arkansas | Phillips County -- History
- Race riots -- Arkansas | Phillips County -- History
- Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas | Phillips County -- History -- 20th century
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
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