People Wasn't Made to Burn - A True Story of Housing, Race, and Murder in Chicago (Paperback)

In 1947, James Hickman shot and killed the landlord he believed was responsible for a tragic fire that took the lives of four of his children on Chicago 's West Side. But a vibrant defense campaign, exposing the working poverty and racism that led to his crime, helped win Hickman 's freedom. With a true-crime writer 's eye for suspense and a historian 's depth of knowledge, Joe Allen unearths the compelling story of a campaign that stood up to Jim Crow well before the modern civil rights movement had even begun. As deteriorating housing conditions and an accelerating foreclosure crisis combine to form a hauntingly similar set of circumstances to those that led to the Hickman case, Allen 's book restores to prominence a previously unknown story with profound relevance today.

General

Imprint:	Haymarket Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2021
Authors:	Allen Joe
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-1-64259-375-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Fiction > True stories > Crime Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > History > American history > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-64259-375-3
Barcode:	9781642593754

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