Voices of civil rights lawyers : reflections from the deep South, 1964-1980 /

Voices of civil rights lawyers : reflections from the deep South, 1964-1980 /

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Imprint:	Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017. ©2017
Description:	xx, 415 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. Lawyers -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. African American lawyers -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. Civil rights workers -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. African American civil rights workers -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century. African American civil rights workers. African American lawyers. African Americans -- Civil rights. Civil rights movements. Civil rights workers. Lawyers. Southern States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11053278

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Other authors / contributors:	Spriggs, Kent, editor. Edelman, Marian Wright, author of foreword.
ISBN:	9780813054322 081305432X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	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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Call Number:	E185.615 .V63 2017
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