Contempt of Court
The Turn-Of-The-Century Lynching That Launched 100 Years of Federalism
Curriden, Mark
Phillips, Leroy
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BOOK SUMMARY
In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the United States.
In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocnet black man found guilty of the brutal rape of Nevada
BOOK SYNOPSIS
In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the United States.
In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocnet black man found guilty of the brutal rape of Nevada Taylor, a white woman, and sentenced to die in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two black lawyers, not even part of the original defense, appealed to the Supreme Court for a stay of execution, and the stay, incredibly, was granted. Frenzied with rage at the deision, locals responded by lynching Johnson, and what ensued was a breathtaking whirlwind of groundbreaking legal action whose import, Thurgood Marshall would claim, "has never been fully explained." Provocative, thorough, and gripping, Contempt of Court is a long-overdue look at events that clearly depict the peculiar and tenuous relationship between justice and the law.
BOOK REVIEWS
Contempt of Court should join the handful of books such as Anthony Lewis Gideons Trumpet as required reading for anyone who wants to understand how the Constitution protects individual citizens.Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0385720823
ISBN(13-digit): 9780385720823
Copyright: 2001
Dewey Decimal: 345.73/0234
Library of Congress: 00049611
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
Paper Weight (lb): 1.1
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