Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980 - Couverture souple

 
9780813064048: Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980
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ISBN 10 : 081306404X ISBN 13 : 9780813064048
Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2018

Synopsis

Choice Outstanding Academic Title While bus boycotts, sit-ins, and other acts of civil disobedience were the engine of the civil rights movement, the law provided context for these events. Lawyers played a key role amid profound political and social upheavals, vindicating clients and together challenging white supremacy. Here, in their own voices, twenty-six lawyers reveal the abuses they endured and the barriers they broke as they fought for civil rights. These eyewitness accounts provide unique windows into some of the most dramatic moments in civil rights history--the 1965 Selma March, the first civil judgment against the Ku Klux Klan, the creation of ballot access for African Americans in Alabama, and the 1968 Democratic Convention. The narratives depict attorney-client relationships extraordinary in their mutual trust and commitment to risk-taking. White and black, male and female, northern- and southern-born, these recruits in the battle for freedom helped shape a critical chapter of American history. Contributors: Henry M. Aronson Larry Aschenbrenner Fred Banks Reber Boult John C. Brittain Armand Derfner Jack Drake Malcolm ("Mac") Farmer William Ferguson Fred D. Gray Jim Lewis Elliott Lichtman Barbara Schechter Lipman David Lipman Don H. Marmaduke John L. Maxey Laughlin McDonald Larry Menefee Dennis Roberts Solomon Seay Norman Siegel Constance "Connie" Slaughter-Harvey Richard Sobol, Sebastopol Richard H. Tuttle

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À propos de l?auteur

Kent Spriggs, author of the two-volume Representing Plaintiffs in Title VII Actions, has been a civil rights lawyer for fifty-two years. He practices in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was a city commissioner and mayor.

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Éditeur
University Press of Florida
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
081306404X
ISBN 13 
9780813064048
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
440
Éditeur
Spriggs Kent
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780813054322: Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980

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ISBN 10 :  081305432X ISBN 13 :  9780813054322
Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2017
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