Champion of civil rights Judge John Minor Wisdom /
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс eКнига |
| Язык: | английский |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
c2009.
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| Серии: | Southern biography series.
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Оглавление:
- A privileged son of the South
- From birth to Bonnie to the branch, 1905-1946
- At the bar, 1948-1953
- Battling the bosses : creating a two-party system in Louisiana
- The 1952 convention : victories for Eisenhower and a two-party system in Louisiana
- Assuming the bench : nomination and confirmation
- The Fifth Circuit's emerging intellectual leader, 1957-1966
- Showdown in Mississippi : standing up for James Meredith and to Ross Barnett
- The first step in desegregating the South : enforcing Brown's mandate in Louisiana
- Implementing Brown throughout the nation
- Internal discord threatens the court
- Honoring the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment : the voting rights cases
- A vigilant steward of fairness
- The civil rights struggles of the 1970s and 1980s : equal opportunity in employment
- The unsuccessful campaign to save the Fifth Circuit
- Honoring the legacy.