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Power concedes nothing : one woman's quest for social justice in America from the courtrooms to the kill zones / Connie Rice.
Van Pelt Library KF373.R483 R53 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rice, Connie, 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rice, Connie, 1956-.
- Rice, Connie.
- Lawyers--United States--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 355 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Scribner, 2012.
- Summary:
- An influential civil rights attorney describes the family beliefs and achievements that inspired her career, recounting her dedication to civil rights causes in areas ranging from transportation and education to the death penalty and the LAPD.
- Contents:
- Wake-up call
- "What is you?"
- Tribe of five
- The power factory
- The crucible
- Tinkering with death
- The blue grip
- The tape
- American Favela
- Lady lawyer
- Epiphany
- Good Friday
- The Neiman Marxist
- Bo Taylor and the predator transformation business
- The Advancement Project
- Takedown
- Infiltration
- Rampart reloaded
- Chinatown
- Stuck on stupid
- A call to action
- California insurgency
- The ghosts and the glory
- Bending the wind.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781416575009
- 1416575006
- 9781451625929
- 1451625928
- 9781416544739
- 1416544739
- OCLC:
- 703209137
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