Voices of civil rights lawyers reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980
Civil rights lawyers were handmaidens of change who worked in the back rooms during twentieth-century America's era of profound social upheaval. Kent Spriggs, a noted lawyer of the period, gathers stories of legal maneuvers and memories of racial injustices from 26 voices...white and black, mal...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Gainesville ; Tallahassee ; Tampa ; Boca Raton ; Pensacola ; Orlando ; Miami ; Jacksonville ; Ft. Myers ; Sarasota
University Press of Florida
2017
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Geschichte 1900-2000
> Geschichte 1964-1980
> Geschichte
> Schwarze. USA
> African Americans
> Civil rights
> Civil rights movements
> History
> Lawyers
> African American lawyers
> Civil rights workers
> African American civil rights workers
> Schwarze
> Bürgerrechtsbewegung
> Amerika
> USA
> Südstaaten
> Aufsatzsammlung
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Civil rights lawyers were handmaidens of change who worked in the back rooms during twentieth-century America's era of profound social upheaval. Kent Spriggs, a noted lawyer of the period, gathers stories of legal maneuvers and memories of racial injustices from 26 voices...white and black, male and female, Northern-born, and Southern-born...many of whom share their own defining moments as civil rights lawyers. This collective perspective adds depth to the history of the era and its window on the legal and extralegal activities that occurred away from the actual protest venues. The framing materials place civil rights litigation into the context of major events from the 1960s, and the concluding section reflects on contemporary relevancies and continuing legacies |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xx, 415 Seiten Illustrationen, Porträts |
| ISBN: | 9780813054322 978-0-8130-5432-2 |