Constance Baker Motley : One Woman's Fight for Civil Rights and Equal Justice under Law /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ford, Gary L., Jr., 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Motley, Constance Baker, > 1921-2005.
Lawyers.
Judges.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Lawyers > New York (State) > Biography.
Judges > New York (State) > Biography.
New York (State)
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Clarifying and correcting the narratives of the civil rights movement
  • Black women: on the front lines but not properly credited
  • Early life and preparation to become a leader
  • Work in the trenches: the case-by-case implementation of Brown v. Board of Education
  • Representing protesters: mass demonstrations, marches, sit-ins, and freedom rides
  • Desegregating America, case by case, in the Supreme Court
  • The transition from activist movement lawyer
  • Conclusion.

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