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Touched with fire : Morris B. Abram and the battle against racial and religious discrimination /

"Morris B. Abram (1918-2000) emerged from humble origins in a rural South Georgia town to become one of the leading civil rights lawyers in the United States during the 1950s. While unmasking the Ku Klux Klan and serving as a key intermediary for the release of the Reverend Martin Luther King J...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lowe, David E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Timeline of Morris B. Abram's Life; Introduction; 1. Childhood; 2. Education; 3. Atlanta Lawyer; 4. Victory; 5. Jewish Imperatives; 6. Continuing the Struggle; 7. Brandeis; 8. Values; 9. New York Lawyer; 10. Transition; 11. Challenging New Definitions of Civil Rights; 12. Leadership; 13. Back to the United Nations; 14. Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index 
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