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Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion in America Davies, Sharon (John C. Elam / Vorys Sater Designated Professor of Law, John C. Elam / Vorys Sater Designated Professor of Law, Ohio State University) Reprint edition
Rising Road: A True Tale of Love, Race, and Religion in America
Davies, Sharon (John C. Elam / Vorys Sater Designated Professor of Law, John C. Elam / Vorys Sater Designated Professor of Law, Ohio State University)
Rising Road resurrects an infamous murder trial of the 1920s South. As Sharon Davies reveals with novelistic richness, the trial laid bare the most potent bigotries of the Jim Crow era: a hatred not only of blacks, but of Catholics and "foreigners" as well. In one of the case's most unexpected turns, the murderer hired future U. S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black to lead his defense.
352 pages, 15 b/w photos
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 22, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199794454 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 231 × 28 mm · 458 g |
| Language | English |