Annotation
In the 1940s in rural Louisiana, an uneducated African American man is sentenced to die for a crime he was incapable of committing.
Awards
1993 National Book Critics Circle Awards
1995 Black Caucus of the America Library Association Award
1994 American Library Association Notable Books
Characters
| Name | Jefferson |
| Gender | Male |
| Traits | African American |
| Convict | |
| Uneducated | |
| Name | Wiggins, Grant |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Traits | African American |
| Educated | |
| Genre | Southern fiction Sociological Historical Fiction Classic |
| Topics | African Americans Death penalty Executions Injustice Wrongful conviction Racism African American men |
| Setting | Louisiana Small town Rural Rural Cajun community |