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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790106603321

Autore

Kilpatrick Judith <1946->

Titolo

There when we needed him [[electronic resource] ] : Wiley Austin Branton, civil rights warrior / / Judith Kilpatrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2007

ISBN

1-61075-422-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

340.092

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Soggetti

African American lawyers - Arkansas

Civil rights movements - Arkansas - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Character-Building; 2. Racism during World War II; 3. Citizen Activist; 4. Desegregating the University of Arkansas School of Law; 5. Arkansas Practice; 6. The Little Rock "Crisis"; 7. Little Rock Continued; 8. The Voter Education Project; 9. Burrowing from Within; 10. Last Gasp at Direct Action; 11. Private Practice Again; 12. Dean at Howard Law School; 13. Sidley & Austin; Epilogue; Notes ; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<div>Judith Kilpatrick is a professor and associate dean at the University of Arkansas School of Law. She has written several articles about Wiley Austin Branton. There When We Needed Him is her first book.</div>