The worst thing we've ever done : one juror's reckoning with racial injustice
(Book)
Author
Published
Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2023.
Format
Book
ISBN
1647424607, 9781647424602
Physical Desc
161 pages ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Evans Public Library District - Adult Non-Fiction | 347.73752 MEN WOR | In |
Lincoln Public Library District - Non-Fiction - Carnegie Building | 347.73 MEN PB | In |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Burton, Freddy -- Imprisonment.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Discrimination in justice administration -- United States.
Jurors -- United States -- Biography.
Men, Black -- United States -- Imprisonment.
Menaker, Carol.
Racism -- United States.
White privilege (Social structure) -- United States.
Burton, Freddy -- Imprisonment.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States.
Discrimination in justice administration -- United States.
Jurors -- United States -- Biography.
Men, Black -- United States -- Imprisonment.
Menaker, Carol.
Racism -- United States.
White privilege (Social structure) -- United States.
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Published
Berkeley, CA : She Writes Press, 2023.
Language
English
ISBN
1647424607, 9781647424602
Notes
Description
"In May of 1976, twenty-four-year-old Carol Menaker was impaneled with eleven others on a jury in the trial of Freddy Burton, a young Black prison inmate charged with the grisly murders of two white wardens inside Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison. After being sequestered for twenty-one days, the jury voted to convict Mr. Burton, who was then sentenced to life in prison without parole. For more than forty years, Menaker did what she could to put the intensely emotional experience of the sequestration and trial behind her, rarely speaking of it to others and avoiding jury service when at all possible. But the arrival of a jury summons at her home in Northern California in 2017 set her on a path to unravel the painful experience of sequestration and finally ask the question: What ever happened to Freddy Burton--and is it possible that my youth and white privilege were what led me to convict him of murder? The Worst Thing We've Ever Done is Menaker's inspirational account of journeying back in time to uncover the personal bias that may have led her to judge someone whose shoes she never could have walked in." --,Provided by publisher.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Menaker, C. (2023). The worst thing we've ever done: one juror's reckoning with racial injustice . She Writes Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Menaker, Carol. 2023. The Worst Thing We've Ever Done: One Juror's Reckoning With Racial Injustice. She Writes Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Menaker, Carol. The Worst Thing We've Ever Done: One Juror's Reckoning With Racial Injustice She Writes Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Menaker, Carol. The Worst Thing We've Ever Done: One Juror's Reckoning With Racial Injustice She Writes Press, 2023.
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