Elizabeth Hines | Britannica

Elizabeth Hines

Contributor

Websites : Triumphant Warriors website, SAGE Publications

BIOGRAPHY

Elizabeth Hines is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. She contributed an article on “Wilmington Ten” to SAGE Publications’ Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (2009)and a version of this article was used for her Britannica entry on this topic.

Primary Contributions (1)

Wilmington Ten

Wilmington Ten, 10 civil rights activists who were falsely convicted and incarcerated for nearly a decade following a 1971 riot in Wilmington, North Carolina, over school desegregation. Wrongfully convicted of arson and conspiracy, the Wilmington Ten—eight African American high-school students, an…

Publications (1)

Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (April 2009)

By Helen Taylor Greene, Shaun L. Gabbidon

"The organization of the reader's guide—especially the groupings of landmark cases, race riots, and criminology theories—is impressive ... Other related titles lack the breadth, detail, and accessibility of this work ... Recommended for all libraries; essential for comprehensive social studies collections."
—Library Journal

As seen almost daily on local and national news, race historically and presently figures prominently in crime and justice reporting within the...