More voices of civil rights lawyers : continuing the struggle / edited by Kent Spriggs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spriggs, Kent, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil rights lawyers--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights lawyers.

African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States--History--20th century.

African Americans.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African American civil rights workers--Southern States--History--20th century.

African American civil rights workers.

African American lawyers--Southern States--History.

African American lawyers.

Civil rights lawyers--Southern States--History.

Physical Description:

x, 287 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2024]

Summary:

"In this book, twenty-three lawyers discuss their experiences in the struggle to advance and maintain civil rights in the United States South, from the 1960s to the 1980s and from Texas to Virginia to Florida"-- Provided by publisher.

"The legal struggle for civil rights throughout the Southeast and into the 1980s In this book, twenty-three lawyers discuss their experiences in the struggle to advance and maintain civil rights in the United States South. While the lives of civil rights lawyers are often unknown or forgotten, this book draws attention to the importance of lawyers in facilitating dramatic sociopolitical changes, illustrates the realities of working in this profession, and shows the ways in which civil rights were-and still are-tested at every turn. The events documented here happened not just in the 1960s and '70s but also in the 1980s, and this book highlights the emergence of a new generation of lawyers who continued to advocate for racial equity and expanded into other areas of social justice work, such as labor and gender. In addition, while the civil rights movement is commonly identified with protests in Deep South states, many of its activities and court challenges occurred beyond the region, and this book widens the geographic lens to include narratives from frontline lawyers in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia. Many of the struggles documented in these firsthand accounts provide the context for contemporary civil rights concerns, including voting rights. As gains from this historic period are being contested and even rolled back, these narratives help readers remember the ubiquity of injustices in that time and to recognize the systemic discrimination and racism that continue to undermine basic civil rights today. Contributors: Robert L. Wiggins Jr. | James Blacksher | Alan Levine | Melvyn R. Leventhal | David Rudovsky | James Ayers | Chevene King Jr. | John Gresham | David Kern | Jack Drake | Stephen Oleskey | Kent Hull | Kent Spriggs | Charles Stephen Ralston | Barbara Phillips | Jim Rowan | Michael B. Trister | Bruce Rogow | Wilhelm H. Joseph | Kenneth Cloke | Gerry Hebert | Paul Harris | Martha Bergmark | Amy Ruth Tobol "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / Kent Spriggs

Chapter 1. Law Students Civil Rights Research Council

The Law Students Civil Rights Research Council / Amy Ruth Tobol

A Transformative Internship with Attorney C.B. King / David Rudovsky

Clerking in Mobile / James Ayers

Panola County Mississippi in the of 1966 / Stephen Oleskey

I Don't Want to Die in Vietnam / Paul Harris

My Dad as a Role Model / Chevene King Jr.

My Memories of the Civil Rights Movement / Kenneth Cloke

Chapter 2. Southern Legal Action Movement

SLAM: The Organizing Drive and the Summer Institute / Jim Rowan

Southern Legal Action Movement / Jack Drake

Chapter 3. North Mississippi Rural Legal Services

Bonds, Bridges, and Defining Moments / Wilhelm H. Joseph

From the Law School to the Community: The Early Years of North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, 1966-70 / Michael B. Trister

Holmes County, Legal Services, Summer 1970 / Kent Hull

Chapter 4. Trying Cases

Louie Baeza and the Fork in the Road / David Kern

A Sometimes Strange and Unusual Career / Gerry Hebert

The Corum Claim: A New Remedy / John Gresham

From Wall Street to Occupy Wall Street: A Journey / Alan Levine

Chapter 5. Movement Figures

Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee, 1964-66 / Bruce Rogow

The Civil Rights Movement Comes to an End: The 1966 Meredith Mississippi March Against Fear / Melvyn R. Leventhal

Why I Went South and What I Did There / Charles Stephen "Steve" Ralston

When Lawyers Could Win Civil Rights Suits in Alabama / James Blacksher

Chapter 6. New Delivery Systems

Life after Passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act / Robert L. Wiggins Jr.

Mississippi Center for Justice: Building Home-Grown Capacity to Dismantle Mississippi's Historic Culture of Injustice / Martha Bergmark

Conclusion: Where Are We Going?

Imagine and Create the Third Reconstruction / Barbara Phillips.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813079165

0813079160

9780813080741

0813080746

OCLC:

1429659635