Title: Devil in the Grove Pdf Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America
"Must-read, cannot-put-down history." (New York Times)“Superb.” (Junot Diaz, author of This Is How You Lose Her )“A powerful and well-told drama of Southern injustice.” (The Chicago Tribune )“Devil in the Grove is a compelling look at the case that forged Thurgood Marshall’s perception of himself as a crusader for civil rights. . . . King’s style [is] at once suspenseful and historically meticulous” (Christian Science Monitor )“Recreates an important yet overlooked moment in American history with a chilling, atmospheric narrative that reads more like a Southern Gothic novel than a work of history.” (Salon )“A taut, intensely readable narrative.” (Boston Globe )“The story’s drama and pathos make it a page-turner, but King’s attention to detail, fresh material, and evenhanded treatment of the villains make it a worthy contribution to the history of the period, while offering valuable insight into Marshall’s work and life.” (Publishers Weekly )“A thoroughgoing study of one of the most important civil-rights cases argued by Thurgood Marshall in dismantling Jim Crow strictures. . . . Deeply researched and superbly composed.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review) )“A compelling chronicle.” (Booklist )“Gripping. . . . Lively and multidimensional.” (Dallas Morning News )“The tragic Groveland saga -- with its Faulknerian echoes of racial injustice spinning around an accusation of rape -- comes astonishingly alive in Gilbert King’s narrative. It is both heartbreaking and unforgettable.” (Wil Haygood, author of King of the Cats: The Life and Times of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. ) Devil in the Grove is the winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction.Arguably the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, Thurgood Marshall was on the verge of bringing the landmark suit Brown v. Board of Education 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.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 seventeen-year-old girl cried rape, McCall pursued four young blacks 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.
* Nominated for a 2013 Edgar Award
* Book of the Year (Non-fiction, 2012) The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor
In 1949, Florida's orange industry was booming, and citrus barons got rich on the backs of cheap Jim Crow labor. To maintain order and profits, they turned to Willis V. McCall, a violent sheriff who ruled Lake County with murderous resolve. When a white seventeen-year-old Groveland girl cried rape, McCall was fast on the trail of four young blacks who dared to envision a future for themselves beyond the citrus groves. By day's end, the Ku Klux Klan had rolled into town, burning the homes of blacks to the ground and chasing hundreds into the swamps, hell-bent on lynching the young men who came to be known as "the Groveland Boys."
And so began the chain of events that would bring Thurgood Marshall, the man known as "Mr. Civil Rights," and the most important American lawyer of the twentieth century, into the deadly fray. Associates thought it was suicidal for him to wade into the "Florida Terror" at a time when he was irreplaceable to the burgeoning civil rights movement, but the lawyer would not shrink from the fight--not after the Klan had murdered one of Marshall's NAACP associates involved with the case and Marshall had endured continual threats that he would be next.
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, King shines new light on this remarkable civil rights crusader, setting his rich and driving narrative against the heroic backdrop of a case that U.S. Supreme Court justice Robert Jackson decried as "one of the best examples of one of the worst menaces to American justice.
Little known turning point in the battle for civil rights While at times the book's exhaustive detail of the players in the case of the framed Groveland Boys can be a tad repetitive-- yes, we understand, Sheriff McCall is a true demon-- there is more than enough here to educate and hold the reader in rapt attention. Thurgood Marshall is a true American hero, that is not up for debate. That said, the supporting cast at the NAACP, the ancillary team members defending the Groveland Boys (many of whom were white and Jewish), host of heroic journalists who also risked life and limb to see the truth come to light, and even the few Floridians who were brave enough to change their minds are the real story here.I recommend this book.Not What the Cover Promises Great story, but the book has the best flaw---Thurgood Marshall is just way too interesting as a character. Any scene without him just leaves me hoping he will return soon. Despite what the title of the book implies, large swaths of this book are other people researching, trying, and succeeding in the Groveland case. That said, I learned about the racial oppression and dedicated opposition that Marshall and all blacks faced in the 1940s----when people say "Make America Great Again," I hope they don't mean going back to the world of lynchings and injustice.I did have the audiobook with my Kindle edition, the narration is great.and I’m glad I did This book moved me in a way that only a few books have done. I read this book as a group read with one of my GR groups, and I’m glad I did, as it forced me to read at a slower pace, so that I could process and discuss the emotions that were stirred within me as I read about this tragic tale about the miscarriage of justice in a rape case where the accused were young black men and the alleged victim a white woman in the Jim Crow South. The author did an amazing job of explaining all the factors at play, both social and economic, within both the black and white communities, as well as in the North and South. He also pulls back the curtain on the legend of Thurgood Marshall, “Mr. Civil Rights”, and allows the reader a more intimate view of Thurgood Marshall the man. I highly recommend this book to anyone who believes in the basic tenants of our Constitution that all men are deserving of basic civil rights. The events covered in this book serve as a reminder of the dark consequences of denying anyone those basic rights, but also renews hope in the American ideal that it only takes the resolve and tenacity of one man (or woman) with a clear vision and focus to create change in even the most dire of circumstances.
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