JUSTICE

A story of innocence and guilt. But who is innocent, and who is guilty?

Justice, a play by June Finfer, is the true story of six young African-American men accused of killing an elderly white shopkeeper in January 1948 in Trenton, New Jersey.     The sister of one of the accused, a New York garment worker, tries to get support for their defense.  She allies with a Jewish journalist and a chapter of a Communist organization.  Based on a  book by historian Cathy Knepper,  Jersey Justice: The story of the Trenton Six.   Participants include Paul Robeson, who helped to raise money for their defense.