More Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers (Paperback)

Kent Spriggs

ISBN 10: 0813080746 / ISBN 13: 9780813080741

Published by University Press of Florida, Florida, 2024

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Paperback. Thelegal struggle for civil rights throughout the Southeast and into the 1980s In this book, twenty-threelawyers discuss their experiences in the struggle to advance and maintain civilrights in the United States South. While the lives of civil rights lawyers areoften unknown or forgotten, this book draws attention to the importance of lawyersin facilitating dramatic sociopolitical changes, illustrates therealities of working in this profession, and shows the ways in which civilrights were--and still are--tested at every turn. The eventsdocumented here happened not just in the 1960s and '70s but also in the 1980s, andthis book highlights the emergence of a new generation of lawyers who continuedto advocate for racial equity and expanded into other areas of social justicework, such as labor and gender. In addition, while the civil rightsmovement is commonly identified with protests in Deep South states, many of itsactivities and court challenges occurred beyond the region, and this bookwidens the geographic lens to include narratives from frontline lawyers inTexas, Florida, North Carolina, and Virginia. Many of thestruggles documented in these firsthand accounts provide the context forcontemporary civil rights concerns, including voting rights. As gains from thishistoric period are being contested and even rolled back, these narratives helpreaders remember the ubiquity of injustices in that time and to recognize thesystemic discrimination and racism that continue to undermine basic civilrights today. Contributors: Robert L. Wiggins Jr. James Blacksher Alan Levine Melvyn R. Leventhal David Rudovsky James Ayers CheveneKing Jr. John Gresham David Kern Jack Drake Stephen Oleskey Kent Hull Kent Spriggs Charles Stephen Ralston Barbara Phillips Jim Rowan MichaelB. Trister Bruce Rogow Wilhelm H. Joseph Kenneth Cloke Gerry Hebert PaulHarris Martha Bergmark Amy Ruth Tobol 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: More Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers (Paperback)
• Publisher: University Press of Florida, Florida
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813080746
• ISBN 13: 9780813080741
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

Kent Spriggs, editor of Voices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections from the Deep South, 1964–1980, has been a civil rights lawyer for nearly six decades. He practices in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was a city commissioner and mayor.