Author: Nate Blakeslee
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0786735465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This true story of race and injustice in a small west Texas town "resembles . . . a modern day To Kill a Mockingbird -- or would, that is, if the novel were a true story and Atticus had won" (New York Times Book Review) In the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them black, were arrested and charged with dealing powdered cocaine. At trial, the prosecution relied almost solely on the uncorroborated, and contradictory, testimony of one police officer. Despite the flimsiness of the evidence against them, virtually all of the defendants were convicted and given sentences as high as ninety-nine years. Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas prize for excellence in nonfiction, Tulia is the story of this town, the bust, the trials, and the heroic legal battle that ultimately led to the reversal of the convictions. But the story is much bigger than the tale of just one bust. As Tulia makes clear, these events are the latest chapter in a story with themes as old as the country itself. It is a gripping, marvelously well-told tale about injustice, race, poverty, hysteria, and desperation in rural America.
Tulia
Author: Nate Blakeslee
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0786735465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This true story of race and injustice in a small west Texas town "resembles . . . a modern day To Kill a Mockingbird -- or would, that is, if the novel were a true story and Atticus had won" (New York Times Book Review) In the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them black, were arrested and charged with dealing powdered cocaine. At trial, the prosecution relied almost solely on the uncorroborated, and contradictory, testimony of one police officer. Despite the flimsiness of the evidence against them, virtually all of the defendants were convicted and given sentences as high as ninety-nine years. Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas prize for excellence in nonfiction, Tulia is the story of this town, the bust, the trials, and the heroic legal battle that ultimately led to the reversal of the convictions. But the story is much bigger than the tale of just one bust. As Tulia makes clear, these events are the latest chapter in a story with themes as old as the country itself. It is a gripping, marvelously well-told tale about injustice, race, poverty, hysteria, and desperation in rural America.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0786735465
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
This true story of race and injustice in a small west Texas town "resembles . . . a modern day To Kill a Mockingbird -- or would, that is, if the novel were a true story and Atticus had won" (New York Times Book Review) In the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them black, were arrested and charged with dealing powdered cocaine. At trial, the prosecution relied almost solely on the uncorroborated, and contradictory, testimony of one police officer. Despite the flimsiness of the evidence against them, virtually all of the defendants were convicted and given sentences as high as ninety-nine years. Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas prize for excellence in nonfiction, Tulia is the story of this town, the bust, the trials, and the heroic legal battle that ultimately led to the reversal of the convictions. But the story is much bigger than the tale of just one bust. As Tulia makes clear, these events are the latest chapter in a story with themes as old as the country itself. It is a gripping, marvelously well-told tale about injustice, race, poverty, hysteria, and desperation in rural America.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Appropriations
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1628
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1628
Book Description
Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1969, Hearings Before ... 90-2, on H.R. 16913
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1678
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1678
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Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1970: Program payments made to producers during calendar year 1968; subsidy payments for agricultural exports
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1760
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1760
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Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1970, Hearings Before ... 91-1, on H.R. 11612
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2112
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2112
Book Description
Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1971
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture--Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2038
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2038
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Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1971
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2066
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2066
Book Description
Agricultural Appropriations for ...
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : Agricultural appropriations
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agricultural appropriations
Languages : en
Pages : 1416
Book Description
Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1968, Hearings Before ... 90-1, on H.R. 10509
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1530
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1530
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Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1970
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1818
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1818
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