Devil in the Grove Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

Name: Devil in the Grove Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
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ISBN: 9780062097712

ISBN-10: 0062097717

ISBN-13: 9780062097712

Edition: 2012

Authors: Gilbert King

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Arguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in an explosive and deadly case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life.In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor. To maintain order and profits, they turned to Willis V. McCall, a violent sheriff who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old Groveland girl cried rape, McCall was fast on the trail of four young blacks who dared…

Book details

List price: $13.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/6/2012
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 448
Language: English