| Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964-1980 Contributor(s): Spriggs, Kent (Editor) |
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ISBN: 081305432X ISBN-13: 9780813054322 Publisher: University Press of Florida OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | African American - Law | Civil Rights - Law | Legal History |
| Dewey: 323.119 |
| LCCN: 2017005522 |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.88 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 1970's - Topical - Black History - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Spriggs, Kent: - 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. |