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Last chance for justice : how relentless investigators uncovered new evidence convicting the Birmingham church bombers
- Title
- Last chance for justice : how relentless investigators uncovered new evidence convicting the Birmingham church bombers / T.K. Thorne.
- Author
- Thorne, T. K.
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill books, [2013]
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 268 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Chronicles the re-opening of the investigation into the 1963 Birmingham church bombing, detailing how detectives identified new witnesses and unearthed lost evidence.
- Subjects
- African Americans > Crimes against > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century
- Murder > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century
- Murder > Investigation > Alabama > Birmingham > History > Case studies
- Bombings > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century
- Black author
- Birmingham (Ala.) > Race relations > History > 20th century
- Hate crimes > Alabama > Birmingham > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The mantrap -- Bapbomb -- The Chambliss case -- Agent Bill Fleming -- Old files and rabbit trails -- The Chambliss case: beginnings -- The trunk tapes -- Dallas bound -- Bobby Frank Cherry -- Tipping point -- Mitch Burns -- Bobby Birdwell -- Michael Wayne Gowins -- Don Luna, "con of cons" -- William "Bill" Jackson -- Charles Cagle and "Quick Draw" Yarbrough -- Partners -- Wyman S. Lee and Pershing Mayfield -- Willadean Brogdon Cherry -- Sanbomb -- Waylene Vaughn and Gloria LaDow -- Tommy Frank Cherry -- Mary Frances Cunningham -- Federal grand jury -- Police files and state grand jury -- The kitchen tape -- Enhancing the tapes -- Preparing for trial -- The trial of Thomas Blanton -- Blanton trial: prosecution closing arguments -- Blanton trial: defense -- War room -- Darkest hours -- The battle over Cherry's mind -- The trial of Bobby Frank Cherry -- Cherry trial: defense -- Cherry trial: closing arguments.
- Call Number
- Sc E 13-66
- ISBN
- 9781613748640 (cloth)
- 1613748647 (cloth)
- LCCN
- 2013014307
- OCLC
- 829738860
- Author
- Thorne, T. K.
- Title
- Last chance for justice : how relentless investigators uncovered new evidence convicting the Birmingham church bombers / T.K. Thorne.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill books, [2013]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 13-66