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Senator Sam Ervin, last of the founding fathers /
Many Americans remember Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985) as the affable, Bible-quoting, old country lawyer who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973. Yet for most of his 20 years in the Senate, Ervin was Jim Crow's most talented legal defender as the South's constitutional expert duri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2007]
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| Colección: | Caravan Book.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Many Americans remember Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985) as the affable, Bible-quoting, old country lawyer who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973. Yet for most of his 20 years in the Senate, Ervin was Jim Crow's most talented legal defender as the South's constitutional expert during the congressional debates on civil rights. The paradox of the senator's opposition to civil rights and defense of civil liberties lies at the heart of this biography of Sam Ervin. |
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| Notas: | "A Caravan Book." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 425 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807884744 080788474X |