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Prison Research: Printed Material, Correspondence, and Interview Transcripts, 1970s

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Scope and Contents

Includes printed materials and publications centering on prisons and capital punishment in the 1970s-1980s; paper by Frank Allen titled Would Jesus Pull the Switch: A Dialogue with Myself; Georgia correctional facility report, 1977; and other printed materials on the Georgia Committee Against the Death Penalty; prison correspondence with inamtes; Colin Turnbull's negative book review of The Ultimate Coercive Sanction; correspondence with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) staff regarding the death penalty in the late 1970s; correspondence on the writing of Death by Decree article; and article about Turnbull become friends with prison inmates.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970s-1986

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Material is in English

Conditions Governing Access

Use restricted. Please ask repository staff for details.

Extent

From the Series: 26 linear feet

Repository Details

Part of the Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture Repository

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