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Examines the case of a black man put to death for raping a white woman, with his defenders arguing that the relationship was consensual, in a court case that galvanized the early civil rights movement.
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Relying on court transcripts, newspaper reports, letters, FBI documents and other untapped sources, along with the recollections of family members on both sides, the author tells the story of a black man put to death for raping a white woman, with his defenders arguing that the relationship was consensual in a court case that galvanized the early civil rights movement. 30,000 first printing.
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