Buy this book on-line Curriden, Mark, and Phillips, Leroy : Contempt Of Court: The Turn-Of-The-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of FederalismFaber & Faber, New York, 1999 ISBN 0571199526
394pp. B&W Illustrations. When Ed Johnson, a black man, was wrongly convicted of rape in 1906 and sentenced to death in Tennessee, Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan issued a stay of execution, declaring that Johnson's right to a fair trial had been violated. The interference of the Supreme Court was not well received back in Chattanooga. A violent mob took Johnson from his jail cell, beat him, and hanged him from a bridge, 8vo, Fine in Fine DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Curriden, Mark, and Phillips, Leroy : Contempt Of Court: The Turn-Of-The-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, livres illustrées, out of print books, collectables and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |