{"product_id":"devil-in-the-grove-thurgood-marshall-the-groveland-boys-and-the-dawn-of-a-new-america-9780061792267","title":"Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Pulitzer Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A must-read, cannot-put-down history.\" -- Thomas Friedman, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e before the U.S. Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and cost him his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor with the help of Sheriff Willis V. McCall, who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old girl cried rape, McCall pursued four young black men who dared envision a future for themselves beyond the groves. The Ku Klux Klan joined the hunt, hell-bent on lynching the men who came to be known as \"the Groveland Boys.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssociates thought it was suicidal for Marshall to wade into the \"Florida Terror,\" but the young lawyer would not shrink from the fight despite continuous death threats against him.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on a wealth of never-before-published material, including the FBI's unredacted Groveland case files, as well as unprecedented access to the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund files, Gilbert King shines new light on this remarkable civil rights crusader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKing, Gilbert:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eGilbert King has written about U.S. Supreme Court history for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and the\u003cem\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and is a featured contributor to \u003cem\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/em\u003e magazine's history blog, \u003cem\u003ePast Imperfect\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607771386130,"sku":"9780061792267","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_83351f76-849a-45a2-b5af-94eb0c87cd6b.jpg?v=1732313568","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/devil-in-the-grove-thurgood-marshall-the-groveland-boys-and-the-dawn-of-a-new-america-9780061792267","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}