Voices of civil rights lawyers : reflections from the deep South, 1964-1980 / edited by Kent Spriggs ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.
2017
KF4757 .V65 2017 (Mapit)
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Voices of civil rights lawyers : reflections from the deep South, 1964-1980 / edited by Kent Spriggs ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.
Imprint
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2017]
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xx, 415 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
How civil rights lawyers emerged. Children of the South. The making of a lawyer / Fred Gray
How I became a civil rights lawyer / Barbara Phillips
From Gardenale, Alabama / Jack Drake
Growing up in Winnsboro, South Carolina / Laughlin McDonald
Growing up in Bama / Larry Menefee
Children of the North. Growing up in the shadow of the Holocaust / Armand Derfner
Growing up on the Gold Coast / John C. Brittain
Race consciousness / David Lipman
Why did I go? / Mac Farmer
Growing up in Washington, D.C. / Kent Spriggs
The context of civil rights litigation. Big events. Selma once more: the 1965 Selma March / Fred Gray
The first damages judgment against the KKK / Larry Aschenbrenner
The 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago: White Mississippi Delegation Barred / Larry Aschenbrenner and Armand Derfner
Senator McClellan seeks to prove SNCC is Communist / Reber Boult
Miscegenation comes to Mississippi / Armand Derfner
The full court press for voting rights in Alabama / Norman Siegel
Mississippi seeks to ban the civil rights lawyer / Larry Aschenbrenner
The tenor of the times. Mass meetings, demonstrations, and boycotts / Larry Aschenbrenner
Being married to a civil rights lawyer / Barbara Lipman
From civil rights worker to civil rights lawyer / Jim Lewis
C.B. King, iconic civil rights lawyer / Dennis Roberts
Seeking justice for a blind black man in front of Judge Cox / Bill Ferguson
“Summer vacation” in Mississippi / Kent Spriggs
Get a bullet in your car at the law library / Larry Aschenbrenner
The politics of civil rights lawyering / Henry Aronson
The Rev. C.K. Steele and racism in Tallahassee / Kent Spriggs
Mississippi notes / Elliott C. Lichtman
Opening up the closed society / Armand Derfner
Arrests of lawyers (and other "minor indignities"). Two arrests while practicing law in Mississippi / John C. Brittain
Doing a little time in Holly Springs / Armand Derfner
Elements of procedure I missed at Harvard Law School / Mac Farmer
Two arrests, a beating, and a moment of weakness / Kent Spriggs
Arrested by Leander Perez Sr. 189 / Richard Sobol
Getting punched by Sheriff Clark and other misadventures / Henry Aronson
Get a rifle barrel in the mouth for monitoring an election in Belzoni / David Lipman
A very bad morning in rankin county / Constance Slaughter-Harvey
Modes of law practice. 538 1/2: the legal defense fund office in Mississippi / Fred Banks
Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee in Louisiana / Richard Sobol
Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee in Mississippi / Mac Farmer
It changed my life: Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee in Mississippi / Armand Derfner
The formation of the Lawyers' Committee for civil rights under law / Larry Aschenbrenner
Private practice in Alabama / Larry Menefee
Nonprofit and private practice in Alabama / Jack Drake
Basic legal rights. Access to justice. The friendly judicial climate / Armand Derfner
Voting rights and political representation. Voting shenanigans in Madison Parish / Richard Sobol
Civil rights lawyers emerge into politics / Fred Banks
Voting rights in Edgefield country / Laughlin McDonald
Challenging at-large elections / Larry Menefee
Mississippi pushes back against the Voting Rights Act / Marry Aschenbrenner
Voting in Leflore County / David Lipman
Public accommodations. Solomon Seay seeks public accommodation / Solomon Seay
Desegregating the Neshoba County Courthouse / Don Marmaduke
Integrating the Fox Theater / Richard Tuttle
Trying to get service at Bill's Highway 80 24-hour truck stop / Richard Sobol
Integrating the Admiral Benbow Inn Swimming Pool / Larry Aschenbrenner
Desegregating the Parliament House Hotel / Henry Aronson
School Desegregation and Municipal Equalization / David Lipman
The legal defense fund's massive effort / Fred Banks
Desegregating schools in Northern Mississippi / Kent Spriggs
Employment discrimination. Crown Zellerbach becomes the standard / Richard Sobol
The perfectly segregated plant in the perfectly segregated town / Kent Spriggs
Monsanto: fair employment comes to a Megaplant / Kent Spriggs
How the civil rights movement and litigation advanced other movements for social justice. Constitutional race-based litigation and the friendly judicial climate lead to other areas of constitutional litigation. The Constitution comes to the State Residential Hospitals / Jack Drake
The rule of law comes to infamous Parchman Prison / David Lipman
How the civil rights movement and litigation informed other movements for social justice. The legacy of other social justice movements / Barbara Phillips
Civil rights in Mississippi informs LGBT concerns / Mac Farmer
Framing the contemporary dialogue of race. The Trojan House called “diversity” / Barbara Phillips
White Supremacy lives / Larry Menefee.
How I became a civil rights lawyer / Barbara Phillips
From Gardenale, Alabama / Jack Drake
Growing up in Winnsboro, South Carolina / Laughlin McDonald
Growing up in Bama / Larry Menefee
Children of the North. Growing up in the shadow of the Holocaust / Armand Derfner
Growing up on the Gold Coast / John C. Brittain
Race consciousness / David Lipman
Why did I go? / Mac Farmer
Growing up in Washington, D.C. / Kent Spriggs
The context of civil rights litigation. Big events. Selma once more: the 1965 Selma March / Fred Gray
The first damages judgment against the KKK / Larry Aschenbrenner
The 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago: White Mississippi Delegation Barred / Larry Aschenbrenner and Armand Derfner
Senator McClellan seeks to prove SNCC is Communist / Reber Boult
Miscegenation comes to Mississippi / Armand Derfner
The full court press for voting rights in Alabama / Norman Siegel
Mississippi seeks to ban the civil rights lawyer / Larry Aschenbrenner
The tenor of the times. Mass meetings, demonstrations, and boycotts / Larry Aschenbrenner
Being married to a civil rights lawyer / Barbara Lipman
From civil rights worker to civil rights lawyer / Jim Lewis
C.B. King, iconic civil rights lawyer / Dennis Roberts
Seeking justice for a blind black man in front of Judge Cox / Bill Ferguson
“Summer vacation” in Mississippi / Kent Spriggs
Get a bullet in your car at the law library / Larry Aschenbrenner
The politics of civil rights lawyering / Henry Aronson
The Rev. C.K. Steele and racism in Tallahassee / Kent Spriggs
Mississippi notes / Elliott C. Lichtman
Opening up the closed society / Armand Derfner
Arrests of lawyers (and other "minor indignities"). Two arrests while practicing law in Mississippi / John C. Brittain
Doing a little time in Holly Springs / Armand Derfner
Elements of procedure I missed at Harvard Law School / Mac Farmer
Two arrests, a beating, and a moment of weakness / Kent Spriggs
Arrested by Leander Perez Sr. 189 / Richard Sobol
Getting punched by Sheriff Clark and other misadventures / Henry Aronson
Get a rifle barrel in the mouth for monitoring an election in Belzoni / David Lipman
A very bad morning in rankin county / Constance Slaughter-Harvey
Modes of law practice. 538 1/2: the legal defense fund office in Mississippi / Fred Banks
Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee in Louisiana / Richard Sobol
Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee in Mississippi / Mac Farmer
It changed my life: Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee in Mississippi / Armand Derfner
The formation of the Lawyers' Committee for civil rights under law / Larry Aschenbrenner
Private practice in Alabama / Larry Menefee
Nonprofit and private practice in Alabama / Jack Drake
Basic legal rights. Access to justice. The friendly judicial climate / Armand Derfner
Voting rights and political representation. Voting shenanigans in Madison Parish / Richard Sobol
Civil rights lawyers emerge into politics / Fred Banks
Voting rights in Edgefield country / Laughlin McDonald
Challenging at-large elections / Larry Menefee
Mississippi pushes back against the Voting Rights Act / Marry Aschenbrenner
Voting in Leflore County / David Lipman
Public accommodations. Solomon Seay seeks public accommodation / Solomon Seay
Desegregating the Neshoba County Courthouse / Don Marmaduke
Integrating the Fox Theater / Richard Tuttle
Trying to get service at Bill's Highway 80 24-hour truck stop / Richard Sobol
Integrating the Admiral Benbow Inn Swimming Pool / Larry Aschenbrenner
Desegregating the Parliament House Hotel / Henry Aronson
School Desegregation and Municipal Equalization / David Lipman
The legal defense fund's massive effort / Fred Banks
Desegregating schools in Northern Mississippi / Kent Spriggs
Employment discrimination. Crown Zellerbach becomes the standard / Richard Sobol
The perfectly segregated plant in the perfectly segregated town / Kent Spriggs
Monsanto: fair employment comes to a Megaplant / Kent Spriggs
How the civil rights movement and litigation advanced other movements for social justice. Constitutional race-based litigation and the friendly judicial climate lead to other areas of constitutional litigation. The Constitution comes to the State Residential Hospitals / Jack Drake
The rule of law comes to infamous Parchman Prison / David Lipman
How the civil rights movement and litigation informed other movements for social justice. The legacy of other social justice movements / Barbara Phillips
Civil rights in Mississippi informs LGBT concerns / Mac Farmer
Framing the contemporary dialogue of race. The Trojan House called “diversity” / Barbara Phillips
White Supremacy lives / Larry Menefee.
Summary
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 female, Northern-born, and Southern-born--many of whom share their own defining moments as civil rights lawyers. This collective perspective adds depth to the history of the era and its window on the legal and extralegal activities that occurred away from the actual protest venues. The framing materials place civil rights litigation into the context of major events from the 1960s, and the concluding section reflects on contemporary relevancies and continuing legacies.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KF4757 .V65 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9780813054322 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
081305432X (cloth ; acid-free paper)
081305432X (cloth ; acid-free paper)
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