{"product_id":"deep-delta-justice-matthew-van-meter-9780316435031","title":"Deep Delta Justice: A Black Teen, His Lawyer, and Their Groundbreaking Battle for Civil Rights in the South","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe book that inspired the documentary \u003ci\u003eA Crime on the Bayou\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2021 Chautauqua Prize Finalist \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \"arresting, astonishing history\" of one lawyer and his defendant who together achieved a \"civil rights milestone\" (Justin Driver).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1966 in a small town in Louisiana, a 19-year-old black man named Gary Duncan pulled his car off the road to stop a fight. Duncan was arrested a few minutes later for the crime of putting his hand on the arm of a white child. Rather than accepting his fate, Duncan found Richard Sobol, a brilliant, 29-year-old lawyer from New York who was the only white attorney at \"the most radical law firm\" in New Orleans. Against them stood one of the most powerful white supremacists in the South, a man called simply \"The Judge.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this powerful work of character-driven history, journalist Matthew Van Meter vividly brings alive how a seemingly minor incident brought massive, systemic change to the criminal justice system. Using first-person interviews, in-depth research and a deep knowledge of the law, Van Meter shows how Gary Duncan's insistence on seeking justice empowered generations of defendants-disproportionately poor and black-to demand fair trials. Duncan v. Louisiana changed American law, but first it changed the lives of those who litigated it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Van Meter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316435031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316435031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2019 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020 pg. 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2020 pg. 8","brand":"Matthew Van Meter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048280584447,"sku":"9780316435031","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31daacb5-6f43-42cc-953a-7ffc6bb36067.jpg?v=1684994911","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/deep-delta-justice-matthew-van-meter-9780316435031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}