LEADER 03071nam 2200601 450 001 9910798067803321 005 20230607210803.0 010 $a0-7618-6451-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000550369 035 $a(EBL)4307833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4307833 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4307833 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11138108 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL884619 035 $a(OCoLC)933741442 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000550369 100 $a20160119h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aLion in the lobby $eClarence Mitchell, Jr.'s struggle for the passage of civil rights laws /$fDenton L. Watson 205 $aRevised edition. 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cUniversity Press of America, Inc.,$d2002. 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (919 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7618-6450-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLion 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 Frontier 327 $a17. 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 ; Index 330 $aLion 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. 606 $aAfrican Americans$vBiography 606 $aCivil rights workers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights 607 $aUnited States$xRace relations 607 $aE?tats-Unis$xRelations raciales 607 $aUnited States$2fast 608 $aBiographies.$2fast 608 $aHistory.$2fast 615 0$aAfrican Americans 615 0$aCivil rights workers 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights. 676 $a323/.092 700 $aWatson$b Denton L.$0873870 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798067803321 996 $aLion in the lobby$93821956 997 $aUNINA