Keywords
book review, fiction writing, fiction review, narrative report, classroom reading, systemic racism
Preview
US Supreme Court, 1923. More than 50 years after the ratification of the 14th amendment and the end of the Civil War, the promise of" equal protection of the laws" was under attack. Moore vs Dempsey was the first case where the federal court overturned the ruling of a state court; more significantly, it was the first case to rule in favor of a black defendant. Four years earlier, in Elaine, Arkansas, a meeting of sharecroppers at a local church had been bombarded with gunfire. After a few days of rioting, -five white men and an uncounted number of black men, women, and children were dead, the church was a pile of ashes, and soldiers were moving through the county arresting only black men in the name of peace. Of the 85 men arrested and tried by the all-white jury, 12 were convicted of murder and sentenced to death in a matter of minutes. Race Against Time is a narrative report of the self-taught lawyer who threw himself, his health, and his fortune into securing justice and due process for these 12 men.
Recommended Citation
Burrows, Amanda
(2022)
"Book Review: Race Against Time,"
The Utah English Journal: Vol. 50, Article 16.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/uej/vol50/iss1/16