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Heart of Atlanta : five Black pastors and the Supreme Court victory for integration / Ronnie Greene.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, Ronnie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heart of Atlanta Motel--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Heart of Atlanta Motel.
- Pickrick (Restaurant)--History.
- Pickrick (Restaurant).
- Discrimination in public accommodations--Law and legislation--United States--Cases.
- Discrimination in public accommodations.
- Civil rights--United States--Cases.
- Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Discrimination in public accommodations--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- History.
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta--Biography.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations--History--20th century.
- Atlanta (Ga.).
- Race relations.
- Georgia--Atlanta.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2022]
- Summary:
- "The Heart of Atlanta Supreme Court decision stands among the court's most significant civil rights rulings. In Atlanta, Georgia, two arch segregationists vowed to flout the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the sweeping slate of civil rights reforms just signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Pickrick restaurant was run by Lester Maddox, soon to be governor of Georgia. The other, the Heart of Atlanta motel, was operated by lawyer Moreton Rolleston Jr. After the law was signed, a group of ministry students showed up for a plate of skillet-fried chicken at Maddox's diner. At the Heart of Atlanta, the ministers reserved rooms and walked to the front desk. Lester Maddox greeted them with a pistol, axe handles, and a mob of White supporters. Moreton Rolleston refused to accept the Black patrons. These confrontations became the centerpiece of the nation's first two legal challenges to the Civil Rights Act. In gripping detail built from exclusive interviews and original documents, Heart of Atlanta reveals the saga of the case's rise to the U.S. Supreme Court, which unanimously rejected the segregationists. Heart of Atlanta restores the legal cases and their heroes to their proper place in history."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. An Awakening in Atlanta
- 2. Lester Maddox: "Stand Up for America"
- 3. King's Lessons, and Bloodshed in the South
- 4. A Revolt Hatched in a Seminary
- 5. Filibuster, Politicking, and the Vote That Saved JFK's Plan
- 6. Heart of Atlanta v. USA: The First Legal Challenge Arrives
- 7. Pickrick Showdown: Axe Handles, Guns, and Fists
- 8. The Courtroom Showdowns
- 9. Two Major Rulings, and a Backlash Against the Supreme Court
- 10. The Ministers and Pickrick: Back for Seconds, Thirds
- 11. "The People's Court" and the Heart of Atlanta Motel
- 12. Arguments Before the High Court
- 13. Judgment Day: The US Supreme Court Rules
- 14. More Shoves, Venom, and Axe Handles
- 15. Closing Time at the Pickrick and Lester Maddox Cafeteria
- 16. A New Governor in Georgia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781641605274
- 1641605278
- OCLC:
- 1257018116
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