Standing against dragons: three southern lawyers in an era of fear

"Examines the careers of three exceptional lawyers who championed civil liberties and fought for civil rights in the two decades after World War II. John Coe of Pensacola, Florida, Clifford Durr of Montgomery, Alabama, and Benjamin Smith of New Orleans became southern dissenters, resisting both...

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Main Author: Brown, Sarah Hart (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge Louisiana State Univ. Press 1998
Edition:1. print.
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Summary:"Examines the careers of three exceptional lawyers who championed civil liberties and fought for civil rights in the two decades after World War II. John Coe of Pensacola, Florida, Clifford Durr of Montgomery, Alabama, and Benjamin Smith of New Orleans became southern dissenters, resisting both the excessive zeal of the anti-Communist right and the oppression embodied in southern segregation laws."--Jacket.
Physical Description:XVII, 308 S.
ISBN:0807122076

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