| An Act of Kindness: A Play of Tragic Consequences for Carrie Buck Contributor(s): David, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 1979895511 ISBN-13: 9781979895514 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.37 lbs) 118 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A timely and gripping true story about one of the darkest moments in American history, An Act of Kindness introduces us to the 17-year-old Carrie Buck and her Virginia attorney, Aubrey Strode, who took on the three-year court battle to have Carrie involuntarily sterilized under the reasoning of the growing eugenics movement.It is a story with many villains and some surprising heroes, performed on a bare stage by seven actors in 28 roles. The resulting injustice - played out before the U.S. Supreme Court - leads to the sterilization of more than 70,000 Americans and served as the blueprint for more than 450,000 Nazi sterilization experiments. |