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As a child, Joseph Beck heard the storieswhen other lawyers came up with excuses, his father courageously defended a black man charged with raping a white woman. Now a lawyer himself, Beck reconstructs his father's role in State of Alabama vs. Charles White, Alias , a trial that was much publicized when Harper Lee was twelve years old. On the day of Foster Becks clients arrest, the leading local newspaper reported, under a page-one headline, that "a wandering negro fortune teller giving the name Charles White" had "volunteered a detailed confession of the attack" of a local white girl. However, Foster Beck concluded that the confession was coerced. The same article claimed that "the negro accomplished his dastardly purpose," but as in To Kill a Mockingbird , there was evidence at the trial to the contrary. Throughout the proceedings, the defendant had to be escorted from the courthouse to a distant prison for safekeeping, and the courthouse itself was surrounded by a detachment of sixteen Alabama highway patrolmen. The saga captivated the community with its dramatic testimonies and emotional outcome. It would take an immense toll on those involved, including Foster Beck, who worr

Who reads My father and Atticus Finch : a lawyer's fight for justice in 1930s Alabama?

Author

Beck, Joseph Madison, author

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393285826

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Law

Rating

3.64 / 5 (182 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14