{"product_id":"devil-in-the-grove-thurgood-marshall-the-groveland-boys-and-the-dawn-of-a-new-america-paperback","title":"Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGilbert King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner\u003cbr\u003eof the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A must-read, cannot-put-down history.\" -- Thomas\u003cbr\u003eFriedman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguably the most important\u003cbr\u003eAmerican lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of\u003cbr\u003ebringing the landmark suit \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e before\u003cbr\u003ethe U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to\u003cbr\u003echange the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Florida's orange\u003cbr\u003eindustry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow\u003cbr\u003elabor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with\u003cbr\u003emurderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old girl cried rape, McCall\u003cbr\u003epursued four young black men who dared envision a future for themselves beyond the\u003cbr\u003egroves. The Ku Klux Klan joined the hunt, hell-bent on lynching the men who\u003cbr\u003ecame to be known as \"the Groveland Boys.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssociates thought it was\u003cbr\u003esuicidal for Marshall to wade into the \"Florida Terror,\" but the\u003cbr\u003eyoung lawyer would not shrink from the fight despite continuous death threats\u003cbr\u003eagainst him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wealth of\u003cbr\u003enever-before-published material, including the FBI's unredacted Groveland case\u003cbr\u003efiles, as well as unprecedented access to the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund files, \u003cbr\u003eGilbert King shines new light on this remarkable civil rights crusader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevil in the Grove\u003c\/em\u003e is the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old girl cried rape, McCall pursued four young blacks who dared envision a future for themselves beyond the groves. The Ku Klux Klan joined the hunt, hell-bent on lynching the men who came to be known as \"the Groveland Boys.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssociates thought it was suicidal for Marshall to wade into the \"Florida Terror,\" but the young lawyer would not shrink from the fight despite continuous death threats against him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wealth of never-before-published material, including the FBI's unredacted Groveland case files, as well as unprecedented access to the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund files, Gilbert King shines new light on this remarkable civil rights crusader.\u003c\/p\u003e--Ira Katznelson, author of \u003ci\u003eWhen Affirmative Action Was White\u003c\/i\u003e and a former president of the American Political Science Association\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDevil in the Grove\u003c\/em\u003e is the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old girl cried rape, McCall pursued four young blacks who dared envision a future for themselves beyond the groves. 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