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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Bass, S. Jonathan     Subjects     Washington, Caliph, 1939-2001.     Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Alabama -- History.     Prisoners, Black -- Alabama -- Biography.     Death row inmates -- Alabama -- Biography.     Alabama -- Race relations -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bass, S. Jonathan       by title:      He calls me by light...       by call number:      305.8009761 W317b     Search the Web     Bass, S. Jonathan     Washington, Caliph, 1939-2001.     Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Alabama -- History.     Prisoners, Black -- Alabama -- Biography.     Death row inmates -- Alabama -- Biography.     Alabama -- Race relations -- History.       MARC Display

He calls me by lightning : the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of Jim Crow, southern justice, and the death penalty / S. Jonathan Bass. by Bass, S. Jonathan Liveright Publishing Corporation, c2017. Call #: 305.8009761 W317b Subjects Washington, Caliph, 1939-2001.   Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Alabama -- History.   Prisoners, Black -- Alabama -- Biography.   Death row inmates -- Alabama -- Biography.   Alabama -- Race relations -- History. ISBN:  9781631492372 (hc) 1631492373 (hc) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvi, 413 p.,[8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  Steal away -- A hell of a place -- "These white folks will kill you" -- "In Bessemer, anything can happen" -- A "well bound book" -- "Because it was self-defense" -- A violent and accidental death -- "There are lots of ways to fight" -- "I just say I am innocent" -- "You belong to the state of Alabama" -- "please spare my life" -- Called by lightning -- A thunderous arrival -- Whereabouts unknown -- Sinners to convert -- Segregation's last stand -- "Sojourn in the shadow of death" -- "In a wasted land of no want" -- "He still ain't dead" -- "Set me free dear Jesus" -- Conclusion: the Salvation Club. Summary:  " ... Reconstruction of the ... life of a wrongfully convicted man whose story becomes an historic portrait of the Jim Crow South"--From publisher. Genre:  Biographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 305.8009761 W317b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 305.8009761 W317b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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