Roadhouse Justice: Hattie Lee Barnes and the Killing of a White Man in 1950s Mississippi

by Trent Brown

In 1951, a young Black woman, working as an overnight caretaker at a county-line beer joint in southwestern Mississippi, shot and killed a white intruder who was likely intending to assault her. Hattie Lee Barnes?s killing of Lamar Craft threw the courts into a whirlwind of conflicting stories and murder attempts, illuminating the capriciousness of Mississippi justice, in which race, personal connections, and community expectations mattered a great...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807178012
• ISBN13: 9780807178010
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"