Race against time, the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men, Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace
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Race against time, the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men, Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Race against time
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1228468356
Responsibility statement
Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace
Sub title
the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men
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
Target audience
adolescent
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Subject
- Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943
- Race relations
- Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919
- Race riots -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History
- African Americans -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- History
- Judges -- Arkansas
- Racism -- Arkansas
- African American lawyers
- Lawyers
- Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- 20th century
- Race riots -- Arkansas -- History
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- Subject13
- Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943
- Race relations
- Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919
- Race riots -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History
- African Americans -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- History
- Judges -- Arkansas
- Racism -- Arkansas
- African American lawyers
- Lawyers
- Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- 20th century
- Race riots -- Arkansas -- History
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- Author1
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