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Unspeakable : the story of Junius Wilson
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- Summary
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Tells the story of a deaf African-American man born in the Jim Crow South who, though sane, was incarcerated in a North Carolina state hospital for the insane for nearly all of his life.
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- Creator
- Susan Burch and Hannah Joyner
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007
- Physical Details
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- 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780807884348, 9798890881090, 1469626381, 0807884340, 9780807831557, 0807831557
- OCLC
- ocn132681433, ocn476175584
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index.
- One misstep -- From one institution to another -- Walls -- Renaming, remaining -- Classified -- Vital signs -- Reinterpreting -- New places, new faces -- Almost home -- Judgments -- The end?
Subjects
- Wilson, Junius, 1908-2001.
- Deaf -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- Biography.
- African Americans -- North Carolina -- Greensboro -- Biography.
- Greensboro (N.C.) -- Biography.
- Greensboro (N.C.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
- Racism -- Southern States -- Case studies.
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
- People with disabilities -- Abuse of -- United States -- Case studies.
- Mentally ill -- Abuse of -- United States -- Case studies.
- Diagnostic errors -- United States -- Case studies.
- Wilson, Junius, 1908-2001.
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- Black or African American -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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- Persons With Hearing Impairments -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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- Diagnostic Errors -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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- History, 20th Century -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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- Hospitals, Psychiatric -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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- Prejudice -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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- Race Relations -- North Carolina -- Biography.
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