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Race against time : the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men / Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace.

Summary:
"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 in what became known as the Elaine Massacre. Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved, answered the call and represented the twelve--but could he save the men's live and set them free?" -- book jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781629798165
  • ISBN: 1629798169
  • Physical Description: 143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2021]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
1120L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 7.8 3 3 511913
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
Subject: Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943 > Political activity.
Elaine Massacre, Elaine, Ark., 1919 > History.
Judges > Arkansas.
Race riots > Arkansas > History.
African American lawyers.
Lawyers.
Racism > Arkansas.
Race relations.
Young adult literature.
Elaine Race Riot, Elaine, Ark., 1919.
Race riots > Arkansas > Phillips County > History.
Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943.
African Americans > Arkansas > Phillips County > History.
Phillips County (Ark.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Trials (Murder) > Arkansas > Phillips County > History > 20th century.
Phillips County (Ark.) > History.

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  • 14 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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Bookplate: Plated 2021: In Memory of Maude Weikert
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