Jackson, Jesse

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When a young girl wins a scholarship and becomes the first Negro student an an exclusive private high school in New York, she enters a new world which must be reconciled with her Harlem background.

Legal lynching

the death penalty and America's future
  • Jackson, Jesse
2001
Explores the history, myths, and realities of state-sponsered killing, incorporating the most up-to-date research on the death penalty.

Legal lynching

racism, injustice, and the death penalty
  • Jackson, Jesse
1996
The greatest injustices occur when a poor man or woman is wrongfully charged with a capital offense and sentenced to death.

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord!

The life of Mahalia Jackson, queen of gospel singers.
  • Jackson, Jesse
1974
A biography of the famous black gospel singer who hoped, through her art, to break down some of the barriers between black and white people.
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