| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Caravan Book
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Caravan book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction; 1 One Misstep; 2 From One Institution to Another; 3 Walls; 4 Renaming, Remaining; 5 Classified; 6 Vital Signs; 7 Reinterpreting; 8 New Places, New Faces; 9 Almost Home; 10 Judgments; 11 The End?; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index. |
| Summary |
Presents the story of Junius Wilson, a deaf man accused in 1925 of attempted rape, found insane at a lunacy hearing, committed to the criminal ward of the State Hospital for the Colored Insane, castrated, forced to labor for the institution, and held at the hospital for more than seven decades. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wilson, Junius, 1908-2001.
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Wilson, Junius, 1908-2001. |
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Wilson, Junius, 1908-2001. |
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Deaf -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- Biography.
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Deaf. |
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North Carolina -- Greensboro. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
African Americans -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- Biography.
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African Americans. |
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Greensboro (N.C.) -- Biography.
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Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism -- Southern States -- Case studies.
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Racism. |
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Southern States. |
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Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
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Race relations. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Abuse of -- United States -- Case studies.
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People with disabilities -- Abuse of. |
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United States. |
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Mentally ill -- Abuse of -- United States -- Case studies.
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Mentally ill -- Abuse of. |
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Diagnostic errors -- United States -- Case studies.
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Diagnostic errors. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Joyner, Hannah.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burch, Susan. Unspeakable. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007 9780807831557 0807831557 (DLC) 2007019400 (OCoLC)132681433 |
| ISBN |
9780807884348 (electronic book) |
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0807884340 (electronic book) |
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9780807831557 (alkaline paper) |
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0807831557 (alkaline paper) |
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