The child in the electric chair: the execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the making of a tragedy in the American South
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Beteilige Person: Faber, Eli 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Berkin, Carol 1942- (VerfasserIn eines Geleitwortes)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Columbia, South Carolina The University of South Carolina Press [2021]
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Abstract:"June 16, 1944: George Junius Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old African American boy, was strapped into a South Carolina electric chair. He became, and today remains, the youngest person executed in the United States during the twentieth century. Faber explores the events leading to Stinney's death, and explains how a systemically racist system, paired with the personal ambitions of powerful individuals, turned a blind eye to human decency and one of the basic tenets of the American legal system that individuals are innocent until proven guilty. As society continues to grapple with the legacies of racial injustice, Faber reveals how this case is not just a travesty of justice locked in the era of the Jim Crow South but rather one that continues to resonate in our own time"--Adapted from the book jacket
Umfang:xv, 174 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9781643361949