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Jim Crow and me : stories from my life as a civil rights lawyer / Solomon S. Seay, Jr. ; with Delores R. Boyd ; foreword by John Hope Franklin.
Van Pelt Library E185.93.A3 S43 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seay, Solomon S., Jr., 1931-2015
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seay, S. S. (Solomon Snowden), 1899-1988.
- African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--Alabama--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Alabama--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Segregation--Alabama--History.
- Seay, Solomon S., Jr., 1931-2015.
- Seay, Solomon S.
- Seay, Solomon S., 1931-.
- African American civil rights workers--Biography.
- African American civil rights workers.
- Race relations.
- History.
- Racism.
- Families.
- African Americans--Segregation.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- Alabama.
- African American lawyers--Biography.
- African American lawyers.
- Seay, S. S. (Solomon Snowden), 1899-1988--Family.
- Seay, S. S.
- Racism--Alabama--History--20th century.
- Alabama--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 152 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montgomery : NewSouth Books, [2008]
- Contents:
- Part 1 Inspiration for the Battlefield
- 1 The Whale I Did Not See 5
- 2 Miss Arter's Pledge of Allegiance 8
- Part 2 Jim Crow's Privileges
- 3 Passing the Bar 11
- 4 They Must Have Been Brothers 14
- 5 Biding Time at The Elite 21
- 6 Bye Bye Blackbird 23
- 7 The Color of Convenience 29
- Part 3 Liberty and Justice For Those Who Got the Guts To Grab It
- 8 Saving PeeWee 33
- 9 Facing Fear 40
- 10 A Promise Kept 45
- 11 I Cried Real Tears 48
- 12 A Widow's Might 54
- 13 Fools Profit from Their Own Mistakes 57
- Part 4 Fearless Freedom Fighters
- 14 The Turkey Bone Warriors 63
- 15 Cottonreader and the Chinaberry Tree 69
- 16 Bert & Dan ... and the Ku Klux Klan 74
- 17 The Other Side of the Battle 79
- 18 Freedom Riders and a Slow Delivery 82
- 19 Marengo County 89
- Part 5 All In the Family
- 20 What's In a Name? 101
- 21 Plowing with Pride 104
- 22 Never a Mumbling Word 108
- 23 Flute Lips 110
- 24 The Lake House 116
- Part 6 Judging the Journey
- 25 Reputation 123
- 26 Tolerated Injustice 129.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [134]-147) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781588381750
- 1588381757
- OCLC:
- 244293163
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