Record #:

21563

Author(s):

Schutz, J. Christopher

Abstract:

This article examines the trial of the \"Charlotte Three,\" African-American civil rights activists convicted of burning a Charlotte horse stable in 1969. The trial typified trials of activists around the South in the 1960s-70s. The strict sentences given to the defendants on the basis of dubious testimony and on prosecutors seeking convictions at all costs, contributed to the demise of civil rights activism.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 76 Issue 1, Jan 1999, p43-65, il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Charlotte Three; Civil rights movement--Activists