| International Standard Book Number |
9798341901018
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| Personal Name |
Emison, Jim author aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2026008439
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| Title Statement |
Murder on the Hatchie : the NAACP's first martyr / Jim Emison ; foreword by Margaret A. Burnham.
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| Imprint |
Minneapolis : Broadleaf Books, [2026]
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| Physical Description |
x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Tired of Being Kicked Around -- State v. Shaw, Tip Hunter's Trial -- The NAACP Comes to Brownsville -- The Fuse Is Lit -- 'Friendly' Advice -- Cut the Head Off the Snake -- "Maybe He Doesn't Need Any Clothes" -- From the Hatchie to the Grave -- The Marshall Plan -- Overture to Justice -- No Case Ever Ends for the FBI Until it Is Solved -- Cross Purposes -- A Godsend in Abeyance -- Debacle -- Democracy White Terror Style -- Pilgrimage -- Reluctant G-Men -- Indict Them, Indict Them Now -- Sabotage -- Thurgood Goes to Brownsville -- Why Not Brownsville? -- Epilogue.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Murder on the Hatchie is the untold story of the 1940 lynching of Elbert Williams--the NAACP's first martyr for Black voting rights. Drawing on years of legal and archival investigation, retired trial attorney Jim Emison reveals how Brownsville, Tennessee, became ground zero in the early battle for racial justice and federal accountability"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Williams, Elbert, -1940
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation Tennessee Brownsville.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African American civil rights workers Tennessee Brownsville.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Racism in law enforcement Tennessee Brownsville.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Lynching Tennessee Brownsville.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Lynching victims Tennessee Brownsville.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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