Tom Skinner testifying during the assault trial of Jimmie Jones at the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.
Jones, president of the Birmingham City Commission, had beaten Skinner with his cane after an dispute over a new tobacco tax. (When the commission rejected Skinner's petition requesting a referendum on the tax, he distributed a cartoon depicting Jones as Adolf Hitler and Public Safety Commissio...
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/180450 |