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"A classic. ... [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the understanding of race and the American legal process."--Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., from the ForewordCharles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) left an indelible mark on American law an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McNeil, Genna Rae
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983.
Temas:
Houston, Charles Hamilton, > 1895-1950.
Houston, Charles Hamilton, > 1895-1950
Constitutional history > United States.
Civil rights workers > United States > Biography.
African American lawyers > Biography.
Avocats noirs américains > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Biographies.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
LAW > Civil Rights.
African American lawyers
Civil rights workers
Constitutional history
United States
Includes indexes.
Revision of thesis (Ph. D.) > University of Chicago.
"Multi-User"
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"A classic. ... [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the understanding of race and the American legal process."--Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., from the ForewordCharles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) left an indelible mark on American law and society. A brilliant lawyer and educator, he laid much of the legal foundation for the landmark civil rights decisions of the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the lawyers who won the greatest advances for civil rights in the courts, Justice Thurgood Marshall among them, were trained by Houston in his capacity as dean of the Howard University Law School. Politically Houston realized that blacks needed to develop their racial identity and also to recognize the class dimension inherent in their struggle for full civil rights as Americans. Genna Rae McNeil is thorough and passionate in her treatment of Houston, evoking a rich family tradition as well as the courage, genius, and tenacity of a man largely responsible for the acts of "simple justice" that changed the course of American life
Notas:OldControl:muse9780812200836.
Includes indexes.
Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxv, 308 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates) : portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248).
ISBN:9780812200836
0812200837
1283211289
9781283211284
9786613211286
6613211281
0585172145
9780585172149

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