(DOWNLOAD) "Race Against Time" by Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Race Against Time
- Author : Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace
- Release Date : January 05, 2021
- Genre: Social Issues,Books,Kids,Fiction,Young Adult,Coming of Age,Politics & Government,History,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 34595 KB
Description
Scipio Africanus Jones -- a self-taught attorney who was born enslaved -- leads a momentous series of court cases to save twelve Black men who'd been unjustly sentenced to death.
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, and others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Up stepped Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved. Could he save the men's lives and set them free? Through their in-depth research and consultation with legal experts, award-winning nonfiction authors Sandra and Rich Wallace examine the complex proceedings and an unsung African American early civil rights hero.