Elbert Parr Tuttle : chief jurist of the Civil Rights revolution / Anne Emanuel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emanuel, Anne (Anne S.), 1945-

Series:

Studies in the legal history of the South.

Studies in the legal history of the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--Georgia--Biography.

Tuttle, Elbert P. (Elbert Parr), 1897-1996.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ga. : University of Georgia Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first--and the only authorized--biography of Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996), the judge who led the federal court with jurisdiction over most of the Deep South through the most tumultuous years of the civil rights revolution.

Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A NOTE ON SOURCES

1. The Legal Lynching of John Downer

2. The Great Migration

3. Life Was a Breeze

4. College Years

5. Sara Sutherland

6. Founding a Law Firm and Raising a Family

7. Gearing Up for War

8. The War Years

9. Building a Republican Party in Georgia

10. The 1952 Republican National Convention

11. The Washington Years

12. The Great Writ

13. Forming the Historic Fifth Circuit: Nine Men

14. Justice Is Never Simple: Brown I and II

15. From Plessy to Brown to Buses

16. The Desegregation of the University of Georgia

17. The Costs of Conscience

18. Oxford, Mississippi: The Battleground

19. The Fight for the Right to Vote

20. But for Birmingham

21. The Houston Conference

22. Moving On

23. The City Almost Too Busy to Hate

24. Family and Friends

25. A Jurisprudence of Justice

26. Hail to the Chief-and Farewell

APPENDIX 1. Law Clerks to Judge Tuttle

APPENDIX 2. Military Honors

APPENDIX 3. Awards and Honors

NOTES

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613252944

9781283252942

1283252945

9780820341798

0820341797

OCLC:

759160195