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"Lily-White" Juries on Trial: The Civil Rights Defense of Jess Hollins (open access)

"Lily-White" Juries on Trial: The Civil Rights Defense of Jess Hollins

Article describes the proceedings of the court case against Jess Hollins in 1931, who had allegedly raped a white woman, and the discourse over the racial imbalance in U.S. court juries it inspired. Roger W. Cummins closely examines the details of the case, and provides examples of other cases handled poorly in evidence of a racial bias.
Date: Summer 1985
Creator: Cummins, Roger W.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History