Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America

Ibid.
    309  “Now, as a matter of fact”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 392.
    310  “reported to a man”: MM 44-156, FBI.
    310  citing the “confidential nature”: FBI 44-2722-24.
    310  “To tell what I knew”: Corsair, The Groveland Four , p. 318.
    310  “The only chance these Negroes had”: Shepherd v. Florida , 341 U.S. 50 (1951).
    312  “Just a minute”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 418.
    313  “cracking wise to his friends”: New York Daily Compass , February 14, 1952.
    313 – 14  “stop the prosecutor”: Ibid.
    314  “After carefully studying”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 437.
    314  “Then it is your contention”: Ibid., p. 438.
    314  “ridiculed the testimony”: Greenberg, Crusaders in the Courts , p. 146.
    314  “Then, as a matter of fact”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 440.
    315  “chew anything substantial”: Greenberg, Crusaders in the Courts , p. 147.
    315  “We do not insist on it”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 446.
    316  “pretty well acquainted”: Ibid., p. 452.
    316  “Gentlemen,” he told the jury: Ibid., p. 464.
    316  “crazy” Herman Bennett: Ibid., p. 473.
    316  “Now, gentlemen”: Ibid., p. 474.
    316  “They’re probably wondering”: New York Daily Compass , February 17, 1952.
    317  “in a difficult spot”: Ibid.
    317  “as if they never knew”: New York Daily Compass , February 15, 1952.
    317  “Gentlemen of the jury, Marshall began”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 477.
    317  “drumming his fingers”: New York Daily Compass , February 15, 1952.
    317  “Now, in cases of this type”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 477.
    319  “patiently, politely”: New York Daily Compass , February 15, 1952.
    319  “With Marshall, you really got the impression”: E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., interview, Thurgood Marshall: Justice for All , A&E Biography, 2005.
    319  “best evidence we could find”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 485.
    320  “Damn, that nigger was good”: Greenberg, Crusaders in the Courts , p. 157.
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    321  “Boy, that’s a great man”: FHW Papers, Chesley.
    321  quite “buddy-buddy”: Ibid.
    321  “a terrible racist”: Ibid.
    322  “conned into believing”: Ibid.
    322  “because of its possible good effects”: “Musings,” Mount Dora Topic , undated clipping. FHW Papers.
    322  “Stay away from that man”: FHW Papers, Chesley.
    323  “We don’t say that she was not raped”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 490.
    324  “Gentlemen, although”: Ibid., 505.
    325  “whooped and hollered”: New York Daily Compass , February 15, 1952.
    325  “Now, gentlemen, she sat there”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 485.
    326 – 27  “open up until the case went to the jury”: New York Post , February 19. 1952.
    327  “I didn’t do it”: Ibid.
    327  “Judge Futch, I’m quite serious”: Williams interview with Marshall.
    327  “rigidly scrutinized”: Corsair, The Groveland Four , p. 338.
    328  “How long’s the jury”: Williams interview with Marshall.
    329  “Now when the jury gives its verdict”: Ibid.
    329  “We the jury find”: New York Daily Compass , February 15, 1952.
    329  “Like a man stunned”: Ibid.
    329  “Don’t you know that”: Fl. v. Irvin , p. 516.
    329  the word criminal , not colored : New York Daily Compass , February 15, 1952.
    329  “the reporter who was faithful”: Ibid.
    329  “Could this be another”: New York Daily Compass , February 17, 1952.
    330  “Say, is that Carter”: Ibid.
    330  “She had the most impressive face”: Williams interview with Marshall.
    330  “Lawyer, don’t you let”: Tushnet, Thurgood Marshall , p. 455. Also Williams interview with Marshall.
    330  “Don’t worry, honey”: Chicago Defender , February 23, 1952.
    330  “Get away,” Reese said: FHW Papers, Chesley.
    Chapter 22: A Place in the Sun
    331  “I don’t see how”: Baltimore Afro-American , February 23, 1952.
    332  “All-White Jury”: New York Times , February 15, 1952.
    332  praised the “tranquillity”: Ocala Star Banner , February 15, 1952.
    332  “Brutal and cynical”: Daily Worker , February 28, 1952.
    332  “I’m not sorry,”: New York Post , February 19, 1952.
    334  “If you show your black”: Kluger, Simple Justice , p. 536.
    334  “We could only move”: COHP, Marshall.
    334  Marshall’s “charisma”: Greenberg, Crusaders in the Courts , p. 153.
    334  “fund-raising and organizing potential”: Ibid.,