Showing The Trial of Ruby McCollum by Leslie E. Ellis

This groundbreaking work maintains that the public silencing of Ruby McCollum was less a matter of metaphor than it was of mendacity, a tale of a town more terrified of being investigated by the IRS for illegal gambling earnings than it was of the sordid tale of how its revered Dr. C. LeRoy Adams, Jr., was involved with his "colored" paramour.

This is the Kindle edition of the original 2003 publication, with a revised introduction. Here, in one book, is the trial transcript of State of Florida vs. Ruby McCollum, as well as a novella, telling the sordid story of how McCollum's testimony at her trial shook the foundations of the Segregationist South.

After this work, a more fully developed novel, involving the back story of Zora Hurston's involvement with the case as she covered the trial for the Pittsburgh Courier, was published as Zora Hurston and the Strange Case of Ruby McCollum. The trial portion was slightly expanded with an introduction and published as State of Florida vs. Ruby McCollum, Defendant. Both works are available on Amazon, in both paperback and Kindle editions.

Notes to the Reader:

The Table of Contents is linked to chapter headings, and this version is searchable, so that the reader can seek out details of the trial, and follow McCollum's testimony. Searching for the word "diaphragm" will lead the reader to the beginning of her testimony, as she witnesses to her affair with Adams.