Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (629 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00D1YNYV4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 314 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Exonerate The Groveland Four! Sign the petition at change.org." according to Barbara Venkataraman. Thanks to Gilbert King for his wonderful book bringing this injustice to light . Please help right this wrong by calling on Florida Governor Rick Scott to exonerate the Groveland Four by signing the petition at change.org. Just do a search for Groveland. and I’m glad I did JSR35 This book moved me in a way that only a few books have done. I read this book as a group read with one of my GR groups, and I’m glad I did, as it forced me to read at a slower pace, so that I could process and discuss the emotions that were stirre. Don't Miss It! andrea hippely Could not get enough of the details in this crime. That Sheriff got away with murder, for years. Written with history that only a dedicated writer and researcher could convey, you will be transported back in time, a horrid time of callous disregard for
When a white 17-year-old Groveland girl cried rape, McCall was fast on the trail of four young blacks who dared to envision a future for themselves beyond the citrus groves. Associates thought it was suicidal for him to wade into the "Florida Terror" at a time when he was irreplaceable to the burgeoning civil rights movement, but the lawyer would not shrink from the fight - not after the Klan had murdered one of Marshall's NAACP associates involved with the case and Marshall had endured continual threats that he would be next. McCall, a violent sheriff who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. 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, King shines new