Unspeakable

Description:

Junius Wilson (1908-2001) spent seventy-six years at a state mental hospital in Goldsboro, North Carolina, including six in the criminal ward. He had never been declared insane by a medical professional or found guilty of any criminal charge. But he was deaf and black in the Jim Crow South. Unspeakable is the story of his life.

subjects: Abuse of,  African Americans,  Biography,  Biography & Autobiography,  Case studies,  Deaf,  Diagnostic errors,  History,  Mentally ill,  Nonfiction,  People with disabilities,  Race relations,  Racism

People: Junius Wilson (1908-2001)

Places: Greensboro,  Greensboro (N.C.),  North Carolina,  Southern States,  United States

Times: 20th century