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Gilbert King's THE DEVIL IN THE GROVE

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Naomi K
Apr 19, 2015
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Been reading this recent Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book about Thurgood Marshall's defense of three black men accused of raping a white woman in 1948 Florida. I was skeptical of the book, since it felt a little true-crimeish (although there wasn't really a crime because the guys were innocent). The book, though, is excellent. It's so tense and at…

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