Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
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Book Overview Winnerof the Pulitzer Prize"A must-read, cannot-put-down history." -- ThomasFriedman, New York TimesArguably the most importantAmerican l...
Winner
of the Pulitzer Prize
"A must-read, cannot-put-down history." -- Thomas
Friedman, New York Times
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 a 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 with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with
murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old girl cried rape, McCall
pursued four young black men who dared envision a future for themselves beyond the
groves. The Ku Klux Klan joined the hunt, hell-bent on lynching the men who
came to be known as "the Groveland Boys."
Associates thought it was
suicidal for Marshall to wade into the "Florida Terror," but the
young lawyer would not shrink from the fight despite continuous death threats
against him.
Drawing on a wealth of
never-before-published material, including the FBI's unredacted Groveland case
files, as well as unprecedented access to the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund files,
Gilbert King shines new light on this remarkable civil rights crusader.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 448 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0061792268
FormatPaperback
Pages448
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0061792268
EAN9780061792267
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date1970-01-01
EditionReprint
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.75 Pounds
Length8.0 Inches
Width5.4 Inches
Height1.2 Inches
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