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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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The civil rights movement in Mississippi /

Subjects: “…Civil rights movements Mississippi History 20th century.…”
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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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From southern wrongs to civil rights : the memoir of a white civil rights activist / by Parsons, Sara Mitchell, 1912-

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Fannie Lou Hamer the life of a civil rights icon / by Bracey, Earnest N.

Subjects: “…African American women civil rights workers Biography.…”
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A voice that could stir an army : Fannie Lou Hamer and the rhetoric of the Black freedom movement / by Brooks, Maegan Parker

Subjects: “…African American women civil rights workers Biography.…”
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The making of a civil rights leader by Gutiérrez, José Angel

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Groundwork local black freedom movements in America /

Subjects: “…African Americans Civil rights History 20th century.…”
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We had sneakers, they had guns the kids who fought for civil rights in Mississippi / by Sugarman, Tracy, 1921-

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To battle for God and the right the Civil War letterbooks of Emerson Opdycke / by Opdycke, Emerson

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Rights of inclusion law and identity in the life stories of Americans with disabilities / by Engel, David M.

Subjects: “…People with disabilities Civil rights United States.…”
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Keep on fighting : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer / by Christenson, Dorothy H., 1938-

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A decisive decade : an insider's view of the Chicago civil rights movement during the 1960s / by McKersie, Robert B.

Table of Contents: “…The First Unitarian Church of Chicago: my gateway to the civil rights movement and to Alex Poinsett -- Campaigns on the employment front -- The Motorola Campaign and Tim Black -- Campaigns on the education front -- The movement marks time, while the university plays catch-up -- Spring and summer 1965: marches, more marches, and Al Pitcher -- A peaceful march in Kenwood and a not-so-peaceful march led by Dick Gregory -- Looking back on the tumultuous events of 1965 -- The campaign for open housing, summer 1966 -- Jesse Jackson, Operation Breadbasket, and minority enterprise -- The movement and the decade wind down -- Initiatives continue within the university and the unitarian church -- Race relations and the personal equation.…”
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Arthur Ashe : tennis and justice in the Civil Rights era / by Hall, Eric Allen

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Women and the civil rights movement, 1954-1965

Subjects: “…Civil rights movements United States History 20th century Sources.…”
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To keep the waters troubled the life of Ida B. Wells / by Edwards, Linda McMurry

Subjects: “…African American women civil rights workers Biography.…”
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A. Philip Randolph and the struggle for civil rights by Bynum, Cornelius L., 1971-

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Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union / by Cottrell, Robert C., 1950-

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A black physician's struggle for civil rights Edward C. Mazique, M.D. / by Ridlon, Florence, 1946-

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