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Confronting Racism : Arthur Garfield Hays and the Fight for Equality, 1925-1954.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hamm, Richard F.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hays, Arthur Garfield, 1881-1954.
- Hays, Arthur Garfield.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Explores how and why an elite member of the legal profession, Arthur Garfield Hays, confronted and fought against the ingrained racism of his society, illuminating key aspects of the long civil rights era.Beginning in 1925 the corporate lawyer and civil libertarian Arthur Garfield Hays began battling segregation.
- Contents:
- Arthur Garfield Hays: Roots and Branches
- “The stupidity of the city police” : The Harlem Riot Commission
- “What is a Negro?” : Cockburn v. Ridgway
- “The effective moment to shoot the gun” : The Campaign Against the Color Line in the American Bar Association
- “The educational effect would be worth the investment” : Lynn v. Downer
- Prejudice : The Limits of Hays’s Racial Liberalism.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-558-0477-5
- OCLC:
- 1553139180
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