The Depression-era murder trial of George Crawford in Northern Virginia helped end the exclusion of African Americans from juries. Nearly forgotten today, the murders, ensuing manhunt, extradition battle and sensational trial enthralled the nation. Before it was over, the U.S. House of Representatives threatened to impeach a federal judge, the age-old states rights debate was renewed, and a rift nearly split the fledgling NAACP. In the end, the story’s hero–Howard University Law School dean Charles Hamilton Houston–was the subject of public ridicule from critics who had little understanding of the inner workings of the case. This book puts the Crawford murder trial in its fullest context, side by side with relevant events of the time.
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 208 ● ISBN 9781476616377 ● Publisher McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5725286 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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