A Bridge to Justice : The Life of Franklin H. Williams /

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Documents the life of a gifted African American leader whose contributions were pivotal to the movement for social justice and racial equalityFranklin Hall Williams was a visionary and trailblazer who devoted his life to the pursuit of civil rights--not through acrimony and violence and hatred but t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gort, Enid (Author), Caher, John M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Williams, Franklin, > 1917-1990.
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Peace Corps (U.S.) > Biography.
Lawyers.
Ambassadors.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.
Lawyers > United States > Biography.
Ambassadors > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Note from the Authors
  • Note from the Authors
  • 1 Roots
  • 2 Coming of Age
  • 3 An "Ole Lady" at Lincoln
  • 4 The Real World
  • 5 The American Veterans Committee
  • 6 Civil Rights Lawyer
  • 7 In the Courts
  • 8 Legal Lynching
  • 9 Passion and Power Plays
  • 10 California Deliverance
  • 11 The Washington Years
  • 12 After Washington
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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