Going to Hell to Get the Devil: The 1972 Charlotte Three Case and the Freedom Struggle in a Sunbelt City...

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J. Christopher Schutz David Goldfield

Going to Hell to Get the Devil

The 1972 Charlotte Three Case and the Freedom Struggle in a Sunbelt City

J. Christopher Schutz, David Goldfield

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Louisiana State University Press
20 March 2024

History of the Americas; Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship; Human rights & civil liberties law; Case law

Series: Making the Modern South

"The 1968 burning of the Lazy B Stables in Charlotte, North Carolina, attracted little notice beyond coverage in local media. By the mid-1970s, however, the fire had become the center of a contentious and dubious arson case against a trio of Black civil rights activists, who became known as the ""Charlotte Three."" The charges against the men garnered interest from federal law enforcement agents, investigative journalists— including one who later earned a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the trials—numerous New Left and Black Power activists, and Amnesty International, which declared the defendants ""political prisoners."" In Going to Hell to Get the Devil, J. Christopher Schutz offers the first comprehensive examination of this controversial case and its outcome.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Charlotte's leaders sought to portray their home as a placid, business-friendly, and racially moderate community. When New Left and Black Power activists threatened that stability, city leaders employed a variety of means to silence them, including the use of law enforcement against African Americans they deemed too zealous. In the Charlotte Three case, prosecutors paid prisoners for testimony against the Black activists on trial, resulting in their convictions with lengthy prison sentences. The unwanted publicity surrounding the case of the Charlotte Three became a critical pivot point in the Queen City's post–World War II trajectory.

Going to Hell to Get the Devil tells more than the story of an arson case; it also tells the story of the South's future, as the fate of the Charlotte Three became emblematic of the decline of the African American freedom struggle and the causes it championed."

By: J. Christopher Schutz, David Goldfield
Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 21mm
ISBN: 9780807181751
ISBN 10: 0807181757
Series: Making the Modern South
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 20 March 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

J. Christopher Schutz is professor of history at Tennessee Wesleyan University and author of Jackie Robinson: An Integrated Life.