The Resource The child in the electric chair : the execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the making of a tragedy in the American South, Eli Faber ; foreword by Carol Berkin
The child in the electric chair : the execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the making of a tragedy in the American South, Eli Faber ; foreword by Carol Berkin
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- Summary
- "Eli Faber, professor of history emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has written a narrative history of the case of George Stinney, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was executed for the alleged murder of two white girls (ages 8 and 11) in June 1944. This made Stinney the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century. In 2014, a circuit court judge in South Carolina vacated the conviction. Faber moves beyond the single horrific moment to give a fuller picture of Stinney's world, attempting to answer the question, 'How was it possible, even for a state in the Deep South like South Carolina, to send a fourteen-year-old child to the electric chair in the middle of the twentieth century?' While the Stinney case has received periodic attention in the popular press, especially around the time of the vacated conviction, Faber's work represents the first extended, scholarly treatment of the case, its context, and its legacy. One reason for the lack of extended attention is the fact that no trial transcript exists (indeed, the trial itself lasted only 10 minutes). Faber makes use of traditional newspaper and archival sources in order to build the context necessary for understanding the events that led to Stinney's execution. Of note is a hitherto untapped collection of oral interviews conducted with observers and participants in 1983. The Stinney case, and even more its context and legacy, remain of vital importance today. The story that Faber tells is one of how a systemically racist system, paired with the personal ambitions of powerful individuals, combined to sacrifice the life of an African American child in order to support the maintenance of that system ... The ability to place the Stinney case into a larger context is the most significant contribution that Faber provides and he effectively shows how this case is not just a travesty of justice that is locked in the past, but rather one that continues to resonate in our own time ... [Faber] does more than ... [the] journalistic accounts to understand the events of 1944 as operating within a racial caste system, one evident not only in the trial itself but also the landscape and power structures of the town and the state..."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xv, 174 pages
- Contents
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- June 16, 1944
- A company town
- March 24-25, 1944
- Postponing a lynching
- The road to trial
- Clarendon County speaks
- The silence of the NAACP
- The governor
- "This case will not die."
- Isbn
- 9781643361949
- Label
- The child in the electric chair : the execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the making of a tragedy in the American South
- Title
- The child in the electric chair
- Title remainder
- the execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the making of a tragedy in the American South
- Statement of responsibility
- Eli Faber ; foreword by Carol Berkin
- Subject
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- Electrocution -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Race relations
- Racism in criminal justice administration
- Racism in criminal justice administration -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- South Carolina
- South Carolina -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Trials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Trials, litigation, etc
- Stinney, George Junius, Jr, 1929-1944 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- African American teenage boys -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Electrocution
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Eli Faber, professor of history emeritus, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has written a narrative history of the case of George Stinney, a fourteen-year-old African American boy who was executed for the alleged murder of two white girls (ages 8 and 11) in June 1944. This made Stinney the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century. In 2014, a circuit court judge in South Carolina vacated the conviction. Faber moves beyond the single horrific moment to give a fuller picture of Stinney's world, attempting to answer the question, 'How was it possible, even for a state in the Deep South like South Carolina, to send a fourteen-year-old child to the electric chair in the middle of the twentieth century?' While the Stinney case has received periodic attention in the popular press, especially around the time of the vacated conviction, Faber's work represents the first extended, scholarly treatment of the case, its context, and its legacy. One reason for the lack of extended attention is the fact that no trial transcript exists (indeed, the trial itself lasted only 10 minutes). Faber makes use of traditional newspaper and archival sources in order to build the context necessary for understanding the events that led to Stinney's execution. Of note is a hitherto untapped collection of oral interviews conducted with observers and participants in 1983. The Stinney case, and even more its context and legacy, remain of vital importance today. The story that Faber tells is one of how a systemically racist system, paired with the personal ambitions of powerful individuals, combined to sacrifice the life of an African American child in order to support the maintenance of that system ... The ability to place the Stinney case into a larger context is the most significant contribution that Faber provides and he effectively shows how this case is not just a travesty of justice that is locked in the past, but rather one that continues to resonate in our own time ... [Faber] does more than ... [the] journalistic accounts to understand the events of 1944 as operating within a racial caste system, one evident not only in the trial itself but also the landscape and power structures of the town and the state..."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- NcU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-2020
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Faber, Eli
- Dewey number
- 323.1196/0730757
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E185.61
- LC item number
- .F127 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Berkin, Carol
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Stinney, George Junius
- African American teenage boys
- Racism in criminal justice administration
- Trials (Murder)
- Electrocution
- Electrocution
- Race relations
- Racism in criminal justice administration
- Trials (Murder)
- South Carolina
- South Carolina
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The child in the electric chair : the execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the making of a tragedy in the American South, Eli Faber ; foreword by Carol Berkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-170) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- June 16, 1944 -- A company town -- March 24-25, 1944 -- Postponing a lynching -- The road to trial -- Clarendon County speaks -- The silence of the NAACP -- The governor -- "This case will not die."
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 174 pages
- Isbn
- 9781643361949
- Lccn
- 2021010746
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1223071907
- (OCoLC)on1223071907
- Label
- The child in the electric chair : the execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the making of a tragedy in the American South, Eli Faber ; foreword by Carol Berkin
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-170) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- June 16, 1944 -- A company town -- March 24-25, 1944 -- Postponing a lynching -- The road to trial -- Clarendon County speaks -- The silence of the NAACP -- The governor -- "This case will not die."
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xv, 174 pages
- Isbn
- 9781643361949
- Lccn
- 2021010746
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1223071907
- (OCoLC)on1223071907
Subject
- Electrocution -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- History
- Race relations
- Racism in criminal justice administration
- Racism in criminal justice administration -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- South Carolina
- South Carolina -- Race relations | History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Trials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Trials, litigation, etc
- Stinney, George Junius, Jr, 1929-1944 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- African American teenage boys -- Civil rights -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century
- Electrocution
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