Book Review: Race Against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones adn the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men / Sandra Neil Wallace and Richard Wallace

I found a new hero today, Scipio Jones. This slim volume came to the library recently and it captured my attention. I love to fill my mind with heroes.

In October of 1919 a group of Black sharecroppers met at their church with the intent of staring a union. These men had been farming other's land and were not being given a fair share of the profits. The landowners were angry and formed a mob that shot at the sharecroppers, destroyed their church and burned it to the ground. Many were rounded up for arrest, and twelve of these men were sentenced to death for crimes they didn't commit.

Enter Scipio Africanus Jones. Though he wasn't allowed into law school, he found some lawyers who would let him apprentice with them. He stepped up and fought in court for these men, often using his own money to provide for their defense. 

This man is the definition of a hero - dedicated, persistent, caring, stubborn. 

You can read about this man in Race Against Time found on the shelves of the South Library.