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Furious Hours

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by Casey Cep


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  | ABOUT THE AUTHOR |

  Casey Cep is a writer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After graduating from Harvard College with a degree in English, she earned an M.Phil. in theology at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The New Republic, among many other publications. Furious Hours is her first book.

  The Reverend Willie Maxwell, back from his military service and already preaching at churches around Lake Martin. The Alexander City Outlook

  A small selection of the life insurance policies taken out by the Reverend Maxwell on his relatives, including wives, brothers, aunts, nieces, nephews, and children.

  Shirley Ann Ellington, a stepdaughter of the Maxwells, who was living with them at the time she was murdered. The Alexander City Outlook

  Newspapers and magazines around the country ran stories and wire reports about the strange life and shocking murder of the Reverend Willie Maxwell.

  Pallbearers carry the Reverend Maxwell’s flag-covered coffin out of Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church. The Alexander City Outlook

  Ophelia Maxwell leaving her husband’s funeral. The Alexander City Outlook

  Mourners gather in front of the House of Hutchinson Funeral Home after fleeing the chapel where the Reverend Willie Maxwell was shot to death during the funeral of Shirley Ann Ellington. The Alexander City Outlook

  A young Tom Radney, at work in his law office. The Radney Family

  Runt O’Daniel’s campaign brochure from the 1966 state senate runoff, in which he attempted to use “the negro bloc vote” against Tom Radney. The Radney Family

  The Radneys posing in front of the State Capitol in one of their official portraits for the 1970 lieutenant governor campaign. The Radney Family

  F
rom left to right, Officer James Ware, Chief Winfred Patterson, and Officer Joe Ennis Berry of the Alexander City Police Department. The first two African American officers on the town’s police force, Ware and Berry both testified at the trial of Robert Burns. Johnson Publishing Company, LLC.

  Tom Radney leaving the arraignment hearing with Robert and Vera Burns. The Alexander City Outlook

  Courtroom sketch of the jury in the Burns trial. The Alexander City Outlook

  Robert Burns and his family at the defense table on the first day of the trial. The Alexander City Outlook

  Robert and Vera Burns await the jury’s verdict. The Alexander City Outlook

  District Attorney Tom Young rises from behind the prosecution table, while Tom Radney and the defense wait out a recess on the second day of the trial. Montgomery Advertiser, Gannett-Community Publishing

  The Radneys—Madolyn, Ellen, Big Tom, Hollis, Fran, and Thomas—around the time of the Burns trial. The Radney Family

  Big Tom and Madolyn Radney with all of their grandchildren. Middle row, left to right: Margaret Harvey holding William Lovett; Madolyn Price Kirby holding Cecilia Radney; Anna Lee Price holding Radney Lovett; Elizabeth Harvey, and Finlay Radney. Front row, left to right: Thomas Lovett, Anderson Radney, and Luke Harvey. The Radney Family

  Nelle Harper Lee in the offices of the Rammer-Jammer during her time as a student at the University of Alabama. The University of Alabama Special Libraries Collection

  Harper Lee with her father, A. C. Lee, on the front porch of the family home on West Avenue in Monroeville. Donald Uhrbrock/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty

 

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