The Man Who Cried Genocide: An Autobiography

By William Lorenzo Patterson

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717806855
• ISBN13: 9780717806850
• Release Date: October 1971
• Publisher: International Publishers Co
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"

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The Man Who Cried Genocide

William Patterson's autobiography begins with a bit of family history at the end of slavery in the U.S. and their migration to northern California. During Patterson's youth, he discovers his ability to work hard to help support his family and succeed despite much difficulty in his studies. In Harlem in his late 20's he earns a law degree and eventually passes the bar. The biggest focus concerns the Sacco-Vanzetti case and Scottsboro Boy's trials which help to inspire Patterson's civil rights activism and communism, and the apex of the book is the petition, "We Cry Genocide," that he and Paul Robeson present in Paris and to the U.N. The chronicles deal less with his personal life as he gets older and more on his politics and activism. Some photos are included of his hamily and his work.