Leaving Mississippi
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One month shy of her 13th birthday in 1952, the author watched as a portable electric chair was off-loaded from a huge flatbed truck and into the Simpson County courthouse. A Negro man who had killed a constable in 1951 was to be electrocuted that night. His wife, Martha Lee Durr, eight-months pregnant, was arrested, charged with accessory to murder. She lost the baby. She spent six months in the Simpson County jail before several Negro farmers posted...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1664141111
ISBN13:9781664141117
Release Date:November 2020
Publisher:Xlibris Us
Length:108 Pages
Weight:0.37 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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