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Author Heard, Alex.

Title The eyes of Willie McGee : a tragedy of race, sex, and secrets in the Jim Crow South / Alex Heard.

Publication Info. New York : Harper, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  HV8699.U6 M744 2010    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-365) and index.
Summary Based on documentary research, this book examines the history of and controversy around the case of Willie McGee, a young African American man from Laurel, Mississippi, who in 1945 was sentenced to death for allegedly raping Willette Hawkins, a white housewife. By the time of his execution in 1951, "Free Willie McGee" had become a rallying cry among civil rights activists, progressives, leftists, and Communist party members, whose movement had succeeded in convincing millions that McGee had been framed.
Subject McGee, Willie, 1915-1951 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
McGee, Willie, 1915-1951.
Capital punishment -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Capital punishment.
Mississippi.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Capital punishment -- Social aspects -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Capital punishment -- Social aspects.
Discrimination in capital punishment -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in capital punishment.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Executions and executioners -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Executions and executioners.
Race discrimination -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century.
Race discrimination.
Mississippi -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
Race relations.
ISBN 9780061284151 hardcover
0061284157