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Author Gravely, William B

Title They Stole Him Out of Jail : How Killing Willie Earle Became South Carolina's Last Lynching In 1947
Published Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (336 pages)
Contents Cover; They Stole Him Out of Jail; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Explanatory Note; Invocation; Introduction: Due Process Denied; 1. Prosecuting Dilemmas; 2. Roundup in Record Time; 3. Shifting Sentiment; 4. Homicide Narratives; 5. Discovering Willie Earle; 6. Hosting a Media Blitz; 7. Subverting the State's Case; 8. Through the Eyes of Rebecca West; 9. No Further Suspense; 10. Anticipating the Future; 11. A Lynching Remembered; Conclusion; Appendix: List of Defendants; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Subject Earle, Willie, 1922-1947 -- Death and burial
SUBJECT Earle, Willie, 1922-1947 fast
Subject Lynching -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
Lynching -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Death and burial of a person
Lynching
South Carolina
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781611179385
1611179386