Jury Discrimination: The Supreme Court, Public Opinion, and a Grassroots Fight for Racial Equality in Mississippi

by Christopher Waldrep

Book Overview

In 1906 a white lawyer named Dabney Marshall argued a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court demanding the racial integration of juries. He carried out a plan devised by Mississippi's foremost black lawyer of the time: Willis Mollison. Against staggering odds, and with the help of a friendly newspaper editor, he won. How Marshall and his allies were able to force the court to overturn state law and precedent, if only for a brief period, at the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820330027
• ISBN13: 9780820330020
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"