Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South - Softcover

Carter, Dan T.

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9780807104989: Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South

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ISBN 10: 0807104981 ISBN 13: 9780807104989

Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1979

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Covers the Scottsboro case since its inception as a 1931 freight car incident, accentuating national and international ramifications

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In a chapter written especially for this revised edition of his modern classic, Carter recounts the latest turns in the case. Included are the surprising story of the last surviving Scottsboro defendant and the vivid description of Victoria Price's libel suit against the network that televised the drama and subsequent trial--presumably the last of the Scottsboro trials.

About the Author:

Dan T. Carter is Educational Foundation Professor at the University of South Carolina. He is the author of The Politics of Rage: George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservativism, and the Transformation of American Politics; When the War Was Over: The Failure of Self-Reconstruction in the South, 1865--1867; and many other books. The 1970 publication of his award-winning Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South inspired a 1976 docudrama that rekindled controversy and interest in the case.

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