Gilbert King

Join us as we meet with Author Gilbert King and discuss his timely yet chilling book Devil in the grove: Thurgood Marshall. A novel based upon "The Groveland Boys" or "The Groveland Four" African American men accused of killing a 17-year-old white farm girl in Groveland in 1949. King brings to light one of the most dramatic and untold stories in American legal history.

Hosted By: Miami-Dade College North Campus, Science Complex

Wednesday, November 14th 2012

Reception and Book Descussion: 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Location: Additional: Miami-Dade College North Campus, Science Complex , Province: Florida Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Gilbert King reads from The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South.

In the Mezzanine Conference Room. King speaks on his book The Execution of Willie Francis. After Willie Francis did not die at his scheduled execution, a year-long legal struggle ensued. Making its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, Willie’s story is an extraordinary and troubling tale of a brutal crime, community vengeance, legal heroism, and constitutional law. (ablachly)… (more)

Gilbert King , The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South.

Gilbert King's The Execution of Willie Francis is an incisive look at the events that led to the botched first attempt at the execution of African-American teenager Willie Francis. Convicted of killing a white man, his employer, in 1946 Louisiana, the mobile electric chair meant to kill him failed to do so, only torturing the young man as electricity surged through his body. The execution was rescheduled to take place six days later, but public outcry and the actions of a local lawyer delayed this second execution as the case was argued all the way to the Supreme Court, highlighting the issues of race, justice, and capital punishment. (booksense)… (more)