Scottsboro and its legacy
Subtitle: the cases that challenged American legal and social justice
By: James R. Acker.
Series: Crime, media, and popular culture
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780275990831
Subjects: Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931 -- Press coverage; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United States; Social justice; Southern States -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-249) and index.
Table of contents: title: Arrest and accusation; title: Scottsboro : trials and appeals; title: In Judge Horton's court; title: Decatur redux : judge and jury; title: Denouement; title: The lessons of Scottsboro.