The eyes of Willie McGee : a tragedy of race, sex, and secrets in the Jim Crow South

The eyes of Willie McGee : a tragedy of race, sex, and secrets in the Jim Crow South / Alex Heard.

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Main Author: Heard, Alex
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
McGee, Willie, > 1915-1951 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Capital punishment > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Capital punishment > Social aspects > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in capital punishment > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Executions and executioners > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Race discrimination > Mississippi > History > 20th century.
Mississippi > Race relations > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • The hot seat
  • A man wasn't born to live forever
  • Take your choice
  • Her jitterbug
  • God don't like ugly
  • The malady of Meddler's itch
  • The odds against smiling Johnny
  • A rumpus of reds
  • Country girl
  • Communists coming here
  • A long, low song
  • Bare-legged women
  • Sorrow night
  • Whiskey in a paper sack.

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