The Sleepy Lagoon Murder Case: Race Discrimination and Mexican-American Rights (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)

by Mark A . Weitz (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $18.80

  Recounts the story of the largest mass murder trial in California's history, in which 22 Mexican-American youths were tried and 17 were convicted for a crime to which none of the defendants were ever tied. Opens a window onto a time and place that highlights the historical prejudices of white America towards Mexican Americans.