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| Acknowledgments | ||
| Preface | ||
| 1 | A Plea for Justice | 3 |
| 2 | Scene of the Crime | 20 |
| 3 | Someone Must Pay | 34 |
| 4 | Pretense of Law and Order | 51 |
| 5 | "Can You Swear It?" | 78 |
| 6 | The Jury's Verdict | 110 |
| 7 | Enter Noah Parden | 130 |
| 8 | The Appeals Begin | 142 |
| 9 | Writ of Habeas Corpus | 154 |
| 10 | The Supreme Court Intervenes | 169 |
| 11 | Gallows Disappointed | 188 |
| 12 | God Bless You All; I Am Innocent | 198 |
| 13 | The Honor of the Court | 215 |
| 14 | Secret Service Men | 236 |
| 15 | Supreme Jurisdiction | 256 |
| 16 | Sheriff Shipp on Trial | 285 |
| 17 | "Guilty, Guilty, Guilty!" | 317 |
| Epilogue | 337 | |
| Appendixes | 353 | |
| A Note on Sources | 375 | |
| Bibliography | 377 | |
| Sources for Illustrations | 385 | |
| Index | 387 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Jasmin Martinez
reviewed Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism on May 31, 2018
Contempt of Court
This was an eye-opening look at justice system history (which is probably good for someone like me who couldn't even have defined what "contempt of court" is off the top of my head before reading this), as well as racial relations in the United States.
It's hard to picture how different the relationship between the federal and state courts were in these times, but this story of two black lawyers who successfully petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene in a case of their client is at once depressing and hopeful. Depressing because it involves a lynching, and there is plenty of focus on the racial attitudes of the times -- I certainly found it both shameful and anger-inducing, but also important to read. It was also a good introduction to Styles and Hutchins, the two courageous black lawyers who made history, but not without enduring threats, rage, and shunning in their own community.
Overall, this was an informative and interesting (and sad) look at the sham that justice usually was for black people in this time, and certain parallels to today can also be seen. It's also a must-read for anyone who's interested in legal history in the United States.
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Add Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism, In this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the United States. In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocnet black man found guilty of the brutal rape of Nev, Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
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