He calls me by lightning : the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of Jim Crow, southern justice, and the death penalty / S. Jonathan Bass.
2017
KFA562 .B37 2017 (Mapit)
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He calls me by lightning : the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of Jim Crow, southern justice, and the death penalty / S. Jonathan Bass.
Edition
First edition.
Imprint
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]
Description
xvi, 413 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Steal away
A hell of a place
"These white folks will kill you"
"In Bessemer, anything can happen"
A "well bound book"
"Because it was self-defense"
A violent and accidental death
"There are lots of ways to fight"
"I just say I am innocent"
"You belong to the state of Alabama"
"please spare my life"
Called by lightning
A thunderous arrival
Whereabouts unknown
Sinners to convert
Segregation's last stand
"Sojourn in the shadow of death"
"In a wasted land of no want"
"He still ain't dead"
"Set me free dear Jesus"
Conclusion: the Salvation Club.
A hell of a place
"These white folks will kill you"
"In Bessemer, anything can happen"
A "well bound book"
"Because it was self-defense"
A violent and accidental death
"There are lots of ways to fight"
"I just say I am innocent"
"You belong to the state of Alabama"
"please spare my life"
Called by lightning
A thunderous arrival
Whereabouts unknown
Sinners to convert
Segregation's last stand
"Sojourn in the shadow of death"
"In a wasted land of no want"
"He still ain't dead"
"Set me free dear Jesus"
Conclusion: the Salvation Club.
Summary
" ... Reconstruction of the ... life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of the Jim Crow South"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KFA562 .B37 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781631492372 hardcover
1631492373 hardcover
1631492373 hardcover
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