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

DevilintheGrove,winnerofthePulitzerPrizeforgeneralnonfiction,isagrippingtruestoryofracism,murder,rape,andthelaw.ItbringstolightoneofthemostdramaticcourtcasesinAmericanhistory,andoffersarareandrevealingportraitofThurgoodMarshallthattheworldhasneverseenbefore.AsIsabelWilkerson’sTheWarmthofOtherSunsdidforthestoryofAmerica’sblackmigration,GilbertKing’sDevilintheGrovedoesforthisgreatuntoldstoryofAmericanlegalhistory,adangerousanduncertaincasefromthedaysimmediatelybeforeBrownv.BoardofEducationinwhichtheyoungcivilrightsattorneyMarshallriskedhislifetodefendaboyslatedfortheelectricchair—savinghim,againstallodds,frombeingsentencedtodeathforacrimehedidnotcommit.