Race against time, the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men, Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace
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Label
Race against time, the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men, Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace
Language
eng
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
1120L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Race against time
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1228468356
Responsibility statement
Sandra Neil Wallace & Rich Wallace
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG+, 7.8, 3, 3, 511913
Sub title
the untold story of Scipio Jones and the battle to save twelve innocent men
Summary
In October 1919, a group of Black sharecroppers met at a church in an Arkansas village to organize a union. Bullets rained down on the meeting from outside. Many were killed by a white mob in what became known as the Elaine Massacre. Others were rounded up and arrested. Twelve of the sharecroppers were hastily tried and sentenced to death. Scipio Africanus Jones, a self-taught lawyer who'd been born enslaved, answered the call and represented the twelve--but could he save the men's live and set them free?
Target audience
adolescent
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Racial bias -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature
- Racial oppression -- Juvenile literature
- Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943 -- Political activity -- Juvenile literature
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Racial bias
- Racial relations -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature
- Society & cultures -- Social justice
- Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Judges -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature
- Lawyers -- Juvenile literature
- African American lawyers -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- Juvenile literature
- Racial discrimination -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature
- Race riots -- Arkansas -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Racial discrimination
- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- Racism
- Black people -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC -- Juvenile literature
- Race riots -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Elaine Massacre, Elaine, Ark., 1919 + History -- Juvenile literature
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject26
- Racial bias -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature
- Racial oppression -- Juvenile literature
- Jones, Scipio Africanus, 1863-1943 -- Political activity -- Juvenile literature
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- Racial bias
- Racial relations -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature
- Society & cultures -- Social justice
- Trials (Murder) -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Judges -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature
- Lawyers -- Juvenile literature
- African American lawyers -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- Juvenile literature
- Racial discrimination -- Arkansas -- Juvenile literature
- Race riots -- Arkansas -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Minority groups -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Racial discrimination
- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- Racism
- Black people -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- BIPOC -- Juvenile literature
- Race riots -- Arkansas -- Phillips County -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Elaine Massacre, Elaine, Ark., 1919 + History -- Juvenile literature
- Phillips County (Ark.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Content2
- Mapped to1