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Groundwork : Charles Hamilton Houston and the Struggle for Civil Rights / Genna Rae McNeil.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©1983Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) : 6 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812211795
  • 9780812200836
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73/0873/0924 B 347.3028730924
LOC classification:
  • KF373.H644 M3 1983
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. Prologue to Struggle: The Formative Years 1829-1924 -- PART TWO. Developing Cadres: The Howard Years, 1924-1935 -- PART THREE. Struggling on Diverse Fronts: The National Years, 1935-1950 -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIXES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A NOTE ON SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- Index of Names, Places, and Subjects -- Index of Principal Cases Cited
Summary: "A classic. . . . [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the understanding of race and the American legal process."-Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., from the ForewordCharles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) left an indelible mark on American law and society. A brilliant lawyer and educator, he laid much of the legal foundation for the landmark civil rights decisions of the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the lawyers who won the greatest advances for civil rights in the courts, Justice Thurgood Marshall among them, were trained by Houston in his capacity as dean of the Howard University Law School. Politically Houston realized that blacks needed to develop their racial identity and also to recognize the class dimension inherent in their struggle for full civil rights as Americans.Genna Rae McNeil is thorough and passionate in her treatment of Houston, evoking a rich family tradition as well as the courage, genius, and tenacity of a man largely responsible for the acts of "simple justice" that changed the course of American life.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. Prologue to Struggle: The Formative Years 1829-1924 -- PART TWO. Developing Cadres: The Howard Years, 1924-1935 -- PART THREE. Struggling on Diverse Fronts: The National Years, 1935-1950 -- CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIXES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- A NOTE ON SOURCES AND ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- Index of Names, Places, and Subjects -- Index of Principal Cases Cited

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"A classic. . . . [It] will make an extraordinary contribution to the improvement of race relations and the understanding of race and the American legal process."-Judge A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr., from the ForewordCharles Hamilton Houston (1895-1950) left an indelible mark on American law and society. A brilliant lawyer and educator, he laid much of the legal foundation for the landmark civil rights decisions of the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the lawyers who won the greatest advances for civil rights in the courts, Justice Thurgood Marshall among them, were trained by Houston in his capacity as dean of the Howard University Law School. Politically Houston realized that blacks needed to develop their racial identity and also to recognize the class dimension inherent in their struggle for full civil rights as Americans.Genna Rae McNeil is thorough and passionate in her treatment of Houston, evoking a rich family tradition as well as the courage, genius, and tenacity of a man largely responsible for the acts of "simple justice" that changed the course of American life.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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