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An Act of Kindness: A Play of Tragic Consequences for Carrie Buck

Michael David

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.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: Dec 10th, 2017
  • Pages: 118
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.02in - 5.98in - 0.25in - 0.37lb
  • EAN: 9781979895514
  • Categories: American - General