An edition of He calls me by lightning (2017)
He calls me by lightning
the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of Jim Crow, southern justice, and the death penalty
By S. Jonathan Bass
Publish Date
2017
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Language
eng
Pages
413
Description:
" ... Reconstruction of the ... life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of the Jim Crow South"--
subjects: Race relations, Biography, Discrimination in criminal justice administration, African American prisoners, Death row inmates, History, African americans, biography, Prisoners, biography, Alabama, biography, United states, race relations, Southern states, race relations, Alabama, history, New York Times reviewed, Washington, Caliph, 1939-2001, Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Alabama -- History, African American prisoners -- Alabama -- Biography, Death row inmates -- Alabama -- Biography, Alabama -- Race relations -- History
People: Caliph Washington (1939-2001)
Places: Alabama