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Beneath a ruthless sun

a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found
Examines the case involving the rape of a Florida woman in 1957 and the fallout that followed her report that it was an African American man who attacked her. Highlights the tensions of the era along with a shocking conspiracy that hindered true justice in the case.
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Beneath a ruthless sun

a true story of violence, race, and justice lost and found
2018
Examines injustice and racial bigotry surrounding a rape that occurred in a small Florida town during the winter of 1957.
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Devil in the grove

Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the dawn of a new America
2013
Presents the case of a white seventeen-year-old Groveland, Florida, girl who cried rape against four young African American men and discusses how Thurgood Marshall became embroiled in the explosive and deadly case.

Woman, child for sale

the new slave trade in the 21st century
2004
Reveals the twenty-first century equivalent to slave trading, describing the experiences of the women and children around the world who are sold as slaves and discusses what can be done to stop the practice.

Whazzat?

closeup photo puzzles
2011
Contains close-up photographs of various familiar items and challenges the reader to figure out what is depicted. Includes answers.

Devil in the grove

Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the dawn of a new America
2012
Presents the case of when a white seventeen-year-old Groveland, Florida, girl cried rape against four young African American men and discusses how Thurgood Marshall became embroiled in the explosive and deadly case.
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