03071nam 2200601 450 991079806780332120230607210803.00-7618-6451-2(CKB)3710000000550369(EBL)4307833(MiAaPQ)EBC4307833(Au-PeEL)EBL4307833(CaPaEBR)ebr11138108(CaONFJC)MIL884619(OCoLC)933741442(EXLCZ)99371000000055036920160119h20022002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLion in the lobby Clarence Mitchell, Jr.'s struggle for the passage of civil rights laws /Denton L. WatsonRevised edition.Lanham, Maryland :University Press of America, Inc.,2002.©20021 online resource (919 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-6450-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Lion In The Lobby ; Contents ; Foreword ; Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Part One: Journey Toward the Promised Land ; 1. Trauma of a Lynching ; 2. Covering the Scottsboro Trials ; 3. A Star Is a Small Reward ; 4. Neither North nor South ; 5. A Man is Molded ; 6. Launching a Career ; 7. The FEPC Grail ; 8. NAACP Labor Secretary ; 9. Taking Command ; 10. All-Out Attack on Segregation ; 11. Confronting the Agony ; 12. Shifting Strategy ; 13. At the Crossroads ; 14. Breakthrough ; 15. The Undaunted Optimist ; Part Two: Fulfilling a Dream ; 16. Challenge of the New Frontier17. Honing Political Support 18. Guiding the Forces Through the Turbulence ; 19. The 1964 Act: A Dream Realized ; 20. 101st Senator ; 21. ""Our Quaterback"" ; 22. Confronting the Politics of Reaction ; Epilogue ; Appendix 1 Civil Rights Bills: Parliamentary Procedures ; Appendix 2 Differences Between voting Proposals and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ; Appendix 3 What's in the Civil Rights Act? ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Principal Cases Cited ; IndexLion in the Lobby chronicles Clarence Mitchell's life story and mission of getting Congress to join the courts and the Executive Branch in upholding the Constitution in order to fulfill the NAACP's egalitarian philosophy.African AmericansBiographyCivil rights workersUnited StatesBiographyAfrican AmericansCivil rightsUnited StatesRace relationsÉtats-UnisRelations racialesUnited StatesfastBiographies.fastHistory.fastAfrican AmericansCivil rights workersAfrican AmericansCivil rights.323/.092Watson Denton L.873870MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798067803321Lion in the lobby3821956UNINA