Trenton

Author : Cathy D. Knepper
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813552079
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jersey Justice written by Cathy D. Knepper and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The case of the Trenton Six attracted international attention in its time (1948–1952) and was once known as the “northern Scottsboro Boys case.” Yet, there is no memory of it. The shame of racism evident in the case has been nearly erased from the public record. Now, historian Cathy D. Knepper takes us back to the courtroom to make us aware of this shocking chapter in American history. Jersey Justice: The Story of the Trenton Six begins in 1948 when William Horner, an elderly junk dealer, was murdered in his downtown Trenton shop. Over a two-week period, six local African American men were arrested and charged with collectively killing Horner. Violating every rule in the book, the Trenton police held the six men in incommunicado detention, without warrants, and threatened them until they confessed. At the end of the trial the all-white jury sentenced the six men to die in the electric chair. That might have been the end of the story were it not for the tireless efforts of Bessie Mitchell, the sister of one of the accused men. Undaunted by the refusal of the NAACP and the ACLU to help appeal the conviction of the Trenton Six, Mitchell enlisted the aid of the Civil Rights Congress, ultimately taking the case as far as the New Jersey Supreme Court. Along the way, the Trenton Six garnered the attention and involvement of many prominent activists, politicians, and artists, including Paul Robeson, Thurgood Marshall, Eleanor Roosevelt, Pete Seeger, Arthur Miller, and Albert Einstein. Jersey Justice brings to light a shameful moment in our nation’s history, but it also tells the story of a personal battle for social justice that changed America.

Author : Tadzio Koelb
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0525436065
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trenton Makes written by Tadzio Koelb and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1946, in the hardscrabble industrial city of Trenton, New Jersey, a woman kills her army veteran husband in a domestic brawl—and then assumes his identity. As Abe Kunstler, he secures a factory job, buys a car, and successfully woos a young woman with whom he makes a home. But for Abe, this is not enough: to complete his transformation, he needs a son. Fast-forward to 1971, and the certainties of midcentury triumphalism are a distant, bitter memory, Trenton’s heyday as a factory town is long past, and the family life Abe has so carefully constructed is crumbling under the intolerable pressures of his long ruse. Written in brilliantly stylized prose, Trenton Makes is the indelibly told story of a woman determined to carve out her share of the American Dream.

Author : Thomas L. Rago
Publisher : Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780764312779
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collector's Guide to Trenton Potteries written by Thomas L. Rago and published by Schiffer Pub Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of pottery of the Trenton Potteries Company of Trenton, New Jersey, (1892-1950). Over 290 color photographs display candlesticks, centerpieces, jardinieres, lamps, vases, wall pockets, and more. Current market values are included in the captions.

Author : John P. Calu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780937548660
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trenton written by John P. Calu and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Bonk
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1846038219
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trenton and Princeton 1776–77 written by David Bonk and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursued by British forces, Washington and his remaining 5,000 men resolved on a risky strike against the British and Hessian positions across the Delaware River. Crossing the river, Washington took the Trenton garrison for the loss of only four men, before outflanking Cornwallis' 8,000-strong force and marching on Princeton. His military reputation established, Washington's victory restored American morale and turned the tide of the war.

Author : Trenton Lee Stewart
Publisher : Chicken House
ISBN 13 : 1911077295
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret Keepers written by Trenton Lee Stewart and published by Chicken House. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Reuben discovers an old pocket watch, he soon realizes it holds an incredible power: it can turn you invisible for fifteen minutes. And the watch's power is even more extraordinary than he knows. Soon, he's on the run from a despot determined to possess it for himself ...

Author : Steven M. Richman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078646223X
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconsidering Trenton written by Steven M. Richman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trenton, like the state of New Jersey, is often maligned these days, but there was a time when Trenton was the fiftieth largest city in the United States and boasted worldwide leaders in the iron and steel, rubber, and pottery industries. Like many cities of its comparative size and prowess that came of age in the Industrial Revolution, Trenton diminished in the aftermath of World War II and has become, for many, one of the "lost cities"--a place of lessened population, abandoned houses, and shuttered factories. Featuring a series of meditative explorations on the essence of the American post-industrial city through the prism of Trenton, this book explores the city's history, architecture, parks, factories, and neighborhoods through text and image, highlighting the importance of such post-industrial cities.

Author : Cathleen Crown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738537764
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trenton written by Cathleen Crown and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Trenton begins in 1678, when 20 Quakers left Yorkshire, England to travel to America. They wintered in the fort at Burlington, New Jersey, and, in the spring of 1679, set sail for the lands they had purchased at the head of the navigable waters of the De La Warr River. Approaching rocky outcroppings in a sharp bend of the river, they stopped and began to build the village that would become the capital city of New Jersey. Trenton traces the city from these beginnings to more recent times, and just about everything in between, concentrating on the era of photography: from 1850 to 1960. The authors have masterfully compiled this volume, which blends images of the places and people that make Trenton so unique, with the stories of the important, timely events that helped to shape the history of Trenton.

Author : Tom McCarthy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738513102
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baseball in Trenton written by Tom McCarthy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a pictorial history of baseball in Trenton, New Jersey, from the 1936 Senators to the successful minor-league team the Trenton Thunder in 1993.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.RM/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Trenton City Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: