Full circle - race, law & justice : inside my life / Attorney James D. Montgomery, Sr., Walter M. Perkins & Michelle Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, James D., author.

Perkins, Walter M., author.

Thompson, Michelle, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American lawyers--Biography.

African American lawyers.

Lawyers.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

271 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Third World Press, 2018.

Summary:

Over the past six decades, Attorney James D. Montgomery, Sr. has transformed a blank canvas into a colorful legal landscape of successful civil and criminal cases. Some of these cases will be discussed, analyzed, and written about for years to come. Attorney James D. Montgomery, Sr. has been a public figure for more than 50 years. Multiple in-depth interviews with Attorney James D. Montgomery, Sr. have revealed a person with deep and honest reflections about his life, his impact on society, and how his family, peers, and history will recall him and his contributions. -- Amazon website.

Contents:

Early Influence

In the Beginning - Louise, Mississippi

Chicago, The City that Works?

College Days and Beyond

Law School - Closer to the Dream

First, Marriage - Then, Divorce

Let's Get to Work - Pt. I

Let's Get to Work - Pt. II

Can This Marriage Survive?

Next Steps

Is Therapy the Answer?

(Blended) Family Matters

Council Wars I - Kind Of

King Killed - Nation Derailed

Activism - Politics - Respect

Harold!

Harold! - Chicago's First Black Mayor

Problems, McClain, Raymond - Resignation - Re-election - Death

Back to Basics

Operation Silver Shovel - Anatomy of a Defense

Montgomery/Cochran Flight Time

Trustee Montgomery

Judges, Lawyers, and Colleagues Share Their Reflections

The End? Not Really.

ISBN:

0883784025

9780883784020

0883784009

9780883784006

OCLC:

1029787446