The Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson - EN

A shocking history of racial injustice and the valiant efforts to secure a Black man's freedom—now
in paperbackThe Three Death Sentences of Clarence Henderson is the story of Clarence
Henderson, a wrongfully accused Black sharecropper who was sentenced to die three different
times for a murder he didn’t commit, and the prosecution desperate to pin the crime on him despite
scant evidence. His first trial lasted only a day and featured a lackluster public defense. The book
also tells the story of Homer Chase, a former World War II paratrooper and New England radical
who was sent to the South by the Communist Party to recruit African Americans to the cause while
offering them a chance at increased freedom. And it’s the story of Thurgood Marshall’s NAACP and
their battle against not only entrenched racism but a Communist Party—despite facing nearly as
much prejudice as those they were trying to help—intent on winning the hearts and minds of Black
voters. The bitter battle between the two groups played out as (...)