{"product_id":"going-to-hell-to-get-the-devil-the-1972-charlotte-three-case-and-the-freedom-struggle-in-a-sunbelt-city-hardcover","title":"Going to Hell to Get the Devil: The 1972 Charlotte Three Case and the Freedom Struggle in a Sunbelt City - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Christopher Schutz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Goldfield\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1968 burning of the Lazy B Stables in Charlotte, North Carolina, attracted little notice beyond coverage in local media. By the mid-1970s, however, the fire had become the center of a contentious and dubious arson case against a trio of Black civil rights activists, who became known as the \"Charlotte Three.\" The charges against the men garnered interest from federal law enforcement agents, investigative journalists-- including one who later earned a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the trials--numerous New Left and Black Power activists, and Amnesty International, which declared the defendants \"political prisoners.\" In \u003ci\u003eGoing to Hell to Get the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, J. Christopher Schutz offers the first comprehensive examination of this controversial case and its outcome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1960s and 1970s, Charlotte's leaders sought to portray their home as a placid, business-friendly, and racially moderate community. When New Left and Black Power activists threatened that stability, city leaders employed a variety of means to silence them, including the use of law enforcement against African Americans they deemed too zealous. In the Charlotte Three case, prosecutors paid prisoners for testimony against the Black activists on trial, resulting in their convictions with lengthy prison sentences. The unwanted publicity surrounding the case of the Charlotte Three became a critical pivot point in the Queen City's post-World War II trajectory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing to Hell to Get the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e tells more than the story of an arson case; it also tells the story of the South's future, as the fate of the Charlotte Three became emblematic of the decline of the African American freedom struggle and the causes it championed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Christopher Schutz\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Tennessee Wesleyan University and author of \u003ci\u003eJackie Robinson: An Integrated Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874017153330,"sku":"9780807181751","price":50.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/1608\/0946\/files\/kw5BRuSq109780807181751.webp?v=1769601419","url":"https:\/\/deskinlawfirm.com\/products\/going-to-hell-to-get-the-devil-the-1972-charlotte-three-case-and-the-freedom-struggle-in-a-sunbelt-city-hardcover","provider":"DLF Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}