The Wilmington Ten
violence, injustice, and the rise of black politics in the 1970s
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Word Count
61,500 words, Guess
Page Count
246 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewilmingtontenvio0000jank
- ISBN-101469624834
- ISBN-139781469624839
- Library of Congress Control Number2015022646
- OCLC Control Number906234275
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781469624839
- Open LibraryOL27197833M
Classifications
- DDC305.8009756/27
- LCCF264.W7 J36 2015
- LCCF264.W7J36 2015
Description
"In February 1971, racial tension surrounding school desegregation in Wilmington, North Carolina, culminated in four days of violence and skirmishes between white vigilantes and black residents. The turmoil resulted in two deaths, six injuries, more than $500,000 in damage, and the firebombing of a white-owned store, before the National Guard restored uneasy peace. Despite glaring irregularities in the subsequent trial, ten young persons were convicted of arson and conspiracy and then sentenced to a total of 282 years in prison. They became known internationally as the Wilmington Ten. A powerful movement arose within North Carolina and beyond to demand their freedom, and after several witnesses admitted to perjury, a federal appeals court, also citing prosecutorial misconduct, overturned the convictions in 1980. Kenneth Janken narrates the dramatic story of the Ten, connecting their story to a larger arc of Black Power and the transformation of post-Civil Rights era political organizing"--
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