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He calls me by Lightning the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of jim crow, southern justice, and the death penalty
| Title | He calls me by Lightning the life of Caliph Washington and the forgotten saga of jim crow, southern justice, and the death penalty |
| Names | Bass, S. Jonathan. |
| Book Number | DB089172 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Historian examines the legal odyssey of black Caliph Washington, who was wrongfully convicted as a teenager of killing an Alabama policeman in 1957. He came within minutes of the electric chair nearly a dozen times, and his original conviction was overturned three times before he was finally released in 1972. Violence and strong language. Commercial audiobook. 2017. |
| Narrator | Willis, Mirron. |
| Local Subject | Adult Book - AD |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| Sociology - SOC | |
| History - HST | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| Black Interest - BLK | |
| Commercial format - CF | |
| Audience Notes | Male narrator. |
| Contains violence. |
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| Contains strong language. |
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| LC Subject | African American prisoners - Alabama - Biography |
| Death row inmates - Alabama - Biography |
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| Discrimination in criminal justice administration - Alabama - History |
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| Alabama - Race relations - History |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Biographies |
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| Talking books |
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| Downloadable books |
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| Call Number | 305.8009761 ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2017 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2017 |
| Original Publication | Reissue of: Unabridged. Old Saybrook, Conn. : Tantor Media, p2017. 9781515995562 |