The Wilmington Ten - Kenneth Robert Janken

The Wilmington Ten

Violence, Injustice, and the Rise of Black Politics in the 1970s
Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
2016
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-2483-9 (ISBN)
39,25 inkl. MwSt
Narrates the dramatic story of the Wilmington Ten, connecting their story to a larger arc of Black Power and the transformation of post-Civil Rights era political organising. Grounded in extensive interviews, newly declassified government documents, and archival research, this book thoroughly examines the 1971 events and the subsequent movement for justice.
In February 1971, racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes between white vigilantes and black residents. The turmoil resulted in two deaths, six injuries, more than $500,000 in damage, and the firebombing of a white-owned store, before the National Guard restored uneasy peace. Despite glaring irregularities in the subsequent trial, ten young persons were convicted of arson and conspiracy and then sentenced to a total of 282 years in prison. They became known internationally as the Wilmington Ten. A powerful movement arose within North Carolina and beyond to demand their freedom, and after several witnesses admitted to perjury, a federal appeals court, also citing prosecutorial misconduct, overturned the convictions in 1980.

Kenneth Janken narrates the dramatic story of the Ten, connecting their story to a larger arc of Black Power and the transformation of post-Civil Rights era political organizing. Grounded in extensive interviews, newly declassified government documents, and archival research, this book thoroughly examines the 1971 events and the subsequent movement for justice that strongly influenced the wider African American freedom struggle.

Kenneth Janken is professor of African American and Diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and director of UNC Center for the Study of the American South.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.1.2016
Zusatzinfo 12 halftones, 2 maps
Verlagsort Chapel Hill
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 512 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Zeitgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-4696-2483-4 / 1469624834
ISBN-13 978-1-4696-2483-9 / 9781469624839
Zustand Neuware
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