{"product_id":"9780385720823","title":"Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eCurriden, Mark; Phillips, Leroy\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAnchor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2\/20\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eIn this profound and fascinating book, the authors revisit an overlooked Supreme  Court decision that changed forever how justice is carried out in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e In 1906, Ed Johnson was the innocent black man found guilty of the brutal rape of  Nevada Taylor, a white woman, and sentenced to die in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Two  black lawyers, not even part of the original defense, appealed to the Supreme Court  for a stay of execution, and the stay, incredibly, was granted.  Frenzied with rage  at the decision, locals responded by lynching Johnson, and what ensued was a breathtaking  whirlwind of groundbreaking legal action whose import, Thurgood Marshall would claim,  \"has never been fully explained.\"  Provocative, thorough, and gripping, \u003cb\u003eContempt  of Court\u003c\/b\u003e is a long-overdue look at events that clearly depict the peculiar and tenuous  relationship between justice and the law.","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43350815015167,"sku":"9780385720823","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780385720823_s600x595.jpg?v=1775586425","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780385720823","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}