An edition of Unspeakable (2007)
Unspeakable
The Story of Junius Wilson (Caravan Book)
By Susan Burch,Hannah Joyner
Publish Date
November 5, 2007
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press,University of North Carolina Press
Language
eng
Pages
312
Description:
Tells the story of a deaf African-American man born in the Jim Crow South who, though sane, was incarcerated in a North Carolina state hospital for the insane for nearly all of his life.
subjects: Race relations, Mentally ill, History, Deaf, Racism, People with disabilities, Abuse of, Diagnostic errors, African Americans, Biography, Case studies, African americans, north carolina, African americans, biography, Mental illness, case studies, North carolina, biography, Southern states, race relations, Deaf, biography, Persons With Hearing Impairments, History, 20th Century, Psychiatric Hospitals, Prejudice
People: Junius Wilson (1908-2001)
Places: United States, North Carolina, Greensboro (N.C.), Greensboro, Southern States
Times: 20th century