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Race against time : the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men

Call Numbers

  • J 921 JONES (CEN, OSH)
  • 921 J791 TEEN (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021]

Physical Description

143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob in what became known as the Elaine Massacre. Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved, answered the call and represented the twelve--but could he save the men's live and set them free?" -- book jacket

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