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Remembering Scottsboro: The Legacy of an Infamous Trial
James A. Miller
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Description for Remembering Scottsboro: The Legacy of an Infamous Trial
Paperback. In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight were sentenced to death. This book explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race and class. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JJG; HBTB; JFSL3; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight of the defendants were sentenced to death--making Scottsboro one of the worst travesties of justice to take place in the post-Reconstruction South. Remembering Scottsboro explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race, class, sexual politics, and justice. James Miller draws upon the archives of the Communist International and NAACP, contemporary journalistic accounts, as well as poetry, drama, fiction, and film, ... Read more
In 1931, nine black youths were charged with raping two white women in Scottsboro, Alabama. Despite meager and contradictory evidence, all nine were found guilty and eight of the defendants were sentenced to death--making Scottsboro one of the worst travesties of justice to take place in the post-Reconstruction South. Remembering Scottsboro explores how this case has embedded itself into the fabric of American memory and become a lens for perceptions of race, class, sexual politics, and justice. James Miller draws upon the archives of the Communist International and NAACP, contemporary journalistic accounts, as well as poetry, drama, fiction, and film, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691140476
SKU
V9780691140476
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About James A. Miller
James A. Miller is professor of English and American studies and chair of the American Studies Department at George Washington University.
Reviews for Remembering Scottsboro: The Legacy of an Infamous Trial
"A well-written, carefully constructed narrative that makes effective use of photos and cartoons."
P.J. Galie, Choice "[M]emory's battles continue, and Miller ably traces their paths... The Scottsboro Boys live on."
Jerald Podair, American Communist History "Miller's book uses an exceptional range of primary source materials ... both to burn away the accreted mythification of Scottsboro and to produce a Rashomon-like rendering of ... Read more
P.J. Galie, Choice "[M]emory's battles continue, and Miller ably traces their paths... The Scottsboro Boys live on."
Jerald Podair, American Communist History "Miller's book uses an exceptional range of primary source materials ... both to burn away the accreted mythification of Scottsboro and to produce a Rashomon-like rendering of ... Read more