Voices of civil rights lawyers : reflections from the deep South, 1964-1980 / edited by Kent Spriggs ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.

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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...

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Other Authors: Spriggs, Kent (Editor), Edelman, Marian Wright (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2017.
Subjects:
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.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xx, 415 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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Call Number: E185.615 .V63 2017
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