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Devil in the Grove
- Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
- Narrated by: Peter Francis James
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
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Devil in the Grove
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Summary
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
“A must-read, cannot-put-down history.” (Thomas Friedman, New York Times)
Arguably the most important American lawyer of the 20th century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education before the US Supreme Court when he became embroiled in a case that threatened to change the course of the civil rights movement and to cost him his life.
In 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 17-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".
Associates 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.
Drawing 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.
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- Kevin
- 03-12-14
Amazing story, more shocking than any fiction
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I'm already recommending this book to many friends with an interest in history. It keeps you gripped and has some shocking twists made all the more shocking because of the truth behind the story.
What did you like best about this story?
The combination of history, politics, the narrative of a time that feels like light years away but when in fact many of the key characters are still alive or have only recently passed. It wasn't written or read in a dry way. It read like a hollywood film.
Have you listened to any of Peter Francis James’s other performances? How does this one compare?
The performance was excellent.
Any additional comments?
Download now and learn a bit about a very dark chapter in recent American history.
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- RitchD
- 02-03-20
Just listen to THE letter
How anyone with a glimmer of empathy can listen to this book and not have there hair turn white at the injustice African Americans suffer on a daily basis; and worse still the continued lack of compassion the US has towards a significant proportion of its population.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.......grow up!!!
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- AYESHA GRIZZLE
- 18-03-24
The narrator really bought the story to life and the injustices that the Groveland 'boys' were dealt
I didn't like the subject matter but not much can be done about that since the book is based on fact no matter how unpalatable the truth is
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