first edition
1951 · New York
by [CIVIL RIGHTS] [AFRICAN-AMERICANA] CHALMERS, Allan K.
New York: Doubleday & Co, 1951. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's pale green heavy grain cloth titled in black to spine. Dustjacket. 255pp. Bumping to spine ends and extremities, with some isolated discoloration of the cloth at the edges not protected by the dustjacket, the jacket itself is faded to the spine with some minor marginal wear and scuffing, a couple of closed tears and some marginal creasing, soiling, and a square section of loss to the base of the spine affecting the publisher's imprint. A very good copy with some visible wear to the dustjacket.
Allan K. Chalmers was the embattled and dogged head of Scottsboro Defense Committee, defending the "Scottsboro Boys" against their trumped up charges of assaulting two white girls in Alabama in 1931. Sentenced to death and "supported" by a number of organizations, several of which could have been said to be furthering their own causes rather than saving 9 young boys from the electric chair. Blunt and unvarnished, Chalmer's account is taken from his own files and records; calm, methodical, and highly detailed, free of incendiary calls to arms, but nevertheless uncompromising, and unforgiving in the face of grievous and obvious injustice. (Inventory #: 82679)
Allan K. Chalmers was the embattled and dogged head of Scottsboro Defense Committee, defending the "Scottsboro Boys" against their trumped up charges of assaulting two white girls in Alabama in 1931. Sentenced to death and "supported" by a number of organizations, several of which could have been said to be furthering their own causes rather than saving 9 young boys from the electric chair. Blunt and unvarnished, Chalmer's account is taken from his own files and records; calm, methodical, and highly detailed, free of incendiary calls to arms, but nevertheless uncompromising, and unforgiving in the face of grievous and obvious injustice. (Inventory #: 82679)
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