Constance Baker Motley [electronic resource] : one woman's fight for civil rights and equal justice under law / Gary L. Ford Jr.
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| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa, Alabama :
The University of Alabama Press,
[2017]
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Constance Baker Motley: One Woman's Fight for Civil Rights and Equal Justice Under Law |
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Contents:
- Clarifying and correcting the narratives of the civil rights movement
- Black women: on the front lines but not properly credited
- Early life and preparation to become a leader
- Work in the trenches: the case-by-case implementation of Brown v. Board of Education
- Representing protesters: mass demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, and freedom rides
- Desegregating America, case by case, in the Supreme Court
- The transition from activist movement lawyer
- Conclusion.