9780472053742-0472053744-Selma and the Liuzzo Murder Trials: The First Modern Civil Rights Convictions

Selma and the Liuzzo Murder Trials: The First Modern Civil Rights Convictions

ISBN-13: 9780472053742
ISBN-10: 0472053744
Edition: Reprint
Author: James P. Turner
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Format: Paperback 144 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780472053742
ISBN-10: 0472053744
Edition: Reprint
Author: James P. Turner
Publication date: 2018
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Format: Paperback 144 pages

Summary

Selma and the Liuzzo Murder Trials: The First Modern Civil Rights Convictions (ISBN-13: 9780472053742 and ISBN-10: 0472053744), written by authors James P. Turner, was published by University of Michigan Press in 2018. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other State & Local (United States History, Criminal Law, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Selma and the Liuzzo Murder Trials: The First Modern Civil Rights Convictions (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used State & Local books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.62.

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In 1965 the drive for black voting rights in the south culminated in the epic Selma to Montgomery Freedom March. After brutal state police beatings stunned the nation on “Bloody Sunday,” troops under federal court order lined the route as the march finally made its way to the State Capitol and a triumphant address by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. But within hours klan terror struck, claiming the life of one of the marchers, Viola Liuzzo, a Detroit mother of five. Turner offers an insider’s view of the three trials that took place over the following nine months—which finally resulted in the conviction of the killers. Despite eyewitness testimony by an FBI informant who was riding in the car with the killers, two all-white state juries refused to convict. It took a team of Civil Rights Division lawyers, led by the legendary John Doar, to produce the landmark jury verdict that klansmen were no longer above the law. This is must reading today, as the voting rights won in Selma come under renewed attack.

Explore several court documents, including court transcripts, exhibits, and memoranda on Fulcrum.org.

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