Carl Maxey : A Fighting Life /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kershner, Jim, 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Maxey, Carl, > 1924-1997.
Boxers (Sports) > Washington (State) > Spokane > Biography.
Civil rights workers > Washington (State) > Spokane > Biography.
African American lawyers > Washington (State) > Spokane > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An orphan's fire
  • A father in black robes
  • The count and the club
  • Walking right into trouble
  • King Carl wins the crown
  • Eastern Washington's first black lawyer
  • Stirrings from the south
  • The haircut uproar and a perfunctory execution
  • Freedom summer in the tail end of America
  • "The sickness of our nation"
  • A right hook to scoop Jackson
  • The Seattle seven circus
  • The Maxey temper
  • Ruth Coe's greek tragedy
  • "No goddamned award"
  • "Living through all this b.s."
  • Type-A Gandhi.

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