Search Results - Civilization

Champion of civil rights Judge John Minor Wisdom / by Friedman, Joel Wm. (Joel William), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…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.…”
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Making civil rights law Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1936-1961 / by Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-

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Radicals in their own time four hundred years of struggle for liberty and equal justice in America / by Lawrence, Michael Anthony, 1959-

Subjects: “…Civil rights United States History.…”
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Representing the race the creation of the civil rights lawyer / by Mack, Kenneth Walter, 1964-

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The judge the life & opinions of Alabama's Frank M. Johnson, jr. / by Sikora, Frank, 1936-

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Groundwork Charles Hamilton Houston and the struggle for civil rights / by McNeil, Genna Rae

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The original Rush Limbaugh lawyer, legislator, and civil libertarian / by Boman, Dennis K.

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Plato's dreams realized surveillance and citizen rights from KGB to FBI / by Avakov, Aleksandr V. (Aleksandr Vladimirovich), 1954-

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Undoing Plessy : Charles Hamilton Houston, race, labor, and the law, 1895-1950 / by Andrews, Gordon

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A passion for justice J. Waties Waring and civil rights / by Yarbrough, Tinsley E., 1941-

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Elbert Parr Tuttle chief jurist of the Civil Rights revolution / by Emanuel, Anne (Anne S.), 1945-

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The color of law Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the struggle for labor and civil rights / by Babson, Steve

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Saving the soul of Georgia : Donald L. Hollowell and the struggle for civil rights / by Daniels, Maurice Charles, 1952-

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There when we needed him Wiley Austin Branton, civil rights warrior / by Kilpatrick, Judith, 1946-

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Raymond Pace Alexander a new Negro lawyer fights for civil rights in Philadelphia / by Canton, David A.

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Making constitutional law Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961-1991 / by Tushnet, Mark V., 1945-

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Exporting American dreams Thurgood Marshall's African journey / by Dudziak, Mary L., 1956-

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A lawyer in Indian country a memoir / by Ziontz, Alvin J.

Table of Contents: “…Supreme Court has the last word : consequences of the Boldt decision -- The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation -- The Northern Cheyennes fight strip-mining -- The Northern Cheyennes and the Hollowbreast case -- The Oliphant case : a setback for tribal government -- Writing about the Indian Civil Rights Act -- Leaving law for academia -- A firm of tribal attorneys -- Representing fishermen of the Alaska Peninsula -- The Mille Lacs Band of Chippewas -- The Wanda Boswell case -- The Northern Arapaho Tribe -- Photographing the Northern Cheyennes -- The Makah whale hunt -- A life in being.…”
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Dawn of desegregation J.A. De Laine and Briggs v. Elliott / by Gona, Ophelia De Laine

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With all deliberate speed the life of Philip Elman : an oral history memoir / by Silber, Norman Isaac

Table of Contents: “…A very young adult -- Trials at Harvard -- A new clerk, a new judge -- A regulatory interlude -- The towering Justice Frankfurter -- The rift on the Roosevelt court -- The ear and pen of clerks for life -- Redeployment -- Assignment in Germany -- At the office of the Solicitor General -- The gist of the antitrust thrust -- The Solicitor General's office and civil rights -- Unconventional conduct -- The 1960 election -- "Troublemaker" at the Federal Trade Commission -- Reappointment -- The cigarette rule -- Very public acrimony -- Teaching and practice.…”
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