The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words: Selected Letters, 1931-1950 9781476603445, 1476603448

"Central to this book is the chronologically structured presentation of letters (1931-1950) that exhibit an intelle

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The Scottsboro Boys in Their Own Words: Selected Letters, 1931-1950
 9781476603445, 1476603448

Table of contents :
Cover --
Table of Contents --
Acknowledgments --
Preface --
Introduction --
1. Letters from 1931: Establishing the Legal Ground --
2. Letters from 1932: Counselors for the Wise --
3. Letters from 1933: Clash of Concerns --
4. Letters from 1934: Scottsboro Mothers --
5. Letters from 1935: Black Jurors Wanted --
6. Letters from 1936: Psychology of Oppression --
7. Letters from 1937: Four Down, Five to Go --
8. Letters from 1938: Jail Rot --
9. Letters from 1939: To Be Free, and Then What --
10. Letters from 1940: Pushed to the Limits --
11. Letters from 1941: Dear Miss Hester Huntington --
12. Letters from 1942: The ILD Way --
13. Letters from 1943: Reaching Outward --
14. Letters from 1944: To Be Paroled or Not --
15. Letters from 1945: Patterson's Burden --
16. Letters from 1946: Andy Wright's Return --
17. Letters from 1947: The Cost of Parole --
The Cost of Parole --
18. Letters from 1948: Patterson's Guile --
19. Letters from 1950: Andy's Walk --
Postscript --
Appendices --
A. A Report of the "Traveling Salesman" --
B. Kilby State Prison --
C. The Death of Janie Patterson --
D. Death Warrant of Haywood Patterson --
References --
Index.

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