1858-1931

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1858-1931

The court-martial trial of West Point cadet Johnson Whittaker

a headline court case
  • Gray, Valerie A
2001
Chronicles the events surrounding the court-martial of Johnson Whittaker, an African-American cadet at West Point Military Academy in the 1880s.

Not guilty

  • Sullivan, George
1997
Reviews five trials in which people were wrongly convicted of serious crimes, including manslaughter, murder, and conspiracy.
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