People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Housing, Race, and Murder in Chicago

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 thecompel...
By Joe Allen
Hardcover: 328 pages
Publisher: Haymarket Books; 1st edition (July 26, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1608461262
ISBN-13: 978-1608461264
Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 0.9 x 8.1 inches
Format: PDF ePub djvu ebook
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In 1947, Black migration to Chicago was inflated by the desperate need for labor in the industries manufacturing equipment for World War Two. When Blacks arrived inChicago, they were pleased to see that there were no overt signs of Jim Crow. however, strict housing segregation meant that newly arriv...
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