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The Color of the Law
Race, Violence, and Justice in the Post-World War II South
by Gail Williams O'Brien
ISBN: 0807848026
ISBN-13: 9780807848029
Format: Paperback
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
Published date: 1999
Size: 6 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.25 pounds
Pages: 384
Publisher's Notes
On February 25, 1946, African Americans in Columbia, Tennessee, averted the lynching of James Stephenson, a nineteen-year-old, black Navy veteran accused of attacking a white radio repairman at a local department store. That night, after Stephenson was safely out of town, four of Columbia's police officers were shot and wounded when they tried to enter the town's black business district. The next morning, the Tennessee Highway Patrol invaded the district, wrecking establishments and beating men as they arrested them. By day's end, more than one hundred African Americans had been jailed. Two days later, highway patrolmen killed two of the arrestees while they were awaiting release from jail. Drawing on oral interviews and a rich array of written sources, Gail Williams O'Brien tells the dramatic story of the Columbia "race riot, " the national attention it drew, and its surprising legal aftermath. In the process, she illuminates the effects of World War II on race relations and the criminal justice system in the United States. O'Brien argues that the Columbia events are emblematic of a nationwide shift during the 1940s from mob violence against African Americans to increased confrontations between blacks and the police and courts. As such, they reveal the history behind such contemporary conflicts as the Rodney King and O. J. Simpson case.
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The Color of the Law: Race, Violence, and Justice in the Post-World War II South
O'Brien, Gail Williams
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999. Softcover. NF. Remainder mark.. no. Drawing on oral interviews and written sources, an account of the Columbia 'race riot' of 1946. B+W photos. Heavy book may require more postage. Trade Paperback ( more information) Offered by Old Goat Books (Canada)
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