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(0)Rubin Carter
Author
Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (viii, 339 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The survivor of a difficult childhood and youth, Rubin Carter rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. However, his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were found guilty of the murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. While in prison, Carter chronicled the events that led him from the ring to three consecutive life sentences and 10 years in solitary confinement. His story was a cry for...
Author
Publisher
Lawrence Hill Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxi, 328 pages)
Language
English
Description
A spiritual as well as a factual autobiography, this is a self-portrait of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a 20th-century icon and controversial victim of the U.S. justice system turned spokesperson for the wrongfully convicted. Exploring Carters personal philosophy born of the unimaginable duress of wrongful imprisonment and conceived through his defiance of the brutal institution of prison and a decade of solitary confinement this work offers hope for...
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, in the prime of his boxing career, finds himself wrongfully convicted of murder. Sentenced to life in prison, Carter's published memoir, The Sixteenth Round, inspires a teenager from Brooklyn and three Canadian activists who believe in the truth, to join forces with Carter to prove his innocence.