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A ?Scottsboro? Case in Mississippi: The Supreme Court and Brown v. Mississippi
A Scottsboro Case in Mississippi The Supreme Court and Brown v Mississippi
Author: Richard C. Cortner
This absorbing book is a systematic analysis of the litigation in Brown v. Mississippi, in which the Supreme Court made a pathbreaking decision in 1936 showing the unconstitutionality of coerced confessions. The case exonerated Ed Brown, Henry Shields, and Arthur (Yank) Ellington, three black sharecroppers who had confessed under torture ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781578068159
ISBN-10: 1578068150
Publication Date: 6/6/2005
Pages: 192
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Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Book Type: Paperback
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