Standing against dragons: three southern lawyers in an era of fear
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1. Verfasser: Brown, Sarah Hart (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Press 2000
Ausgabe:Louisiana pbk. ed
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283) and index
The problemed peace : civil libertarianism, antilibertarianism, and cold war doctrine -- - On becoming southern liberals : prelude to 1948 -- - Crossroads : progressive politics and other pipe dreams, 1948-1950 -- - "Comes now Willie McGee" : communist causes in southern context, 1950-1954 -- - Congressional offensive, 1954 : the SCEF investigation and its echoes -- - After Brown : congressional anti-communism and southern "sedition," 1954-1961 -- - "Radicals" and "Respectables" : the cold war against "outside agitators," 1958-1963 -- - "They were the real subversives" : the Dombrowski case and the Mississippi crusade, 1963-1965 -- - Epilogue and conclusion : "the importance of heresy."
Standing Against Dragons 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 southern segregation laws. Coe, Durr, and Smith all appeared with their clients in the much-publicized 1954 investigation of the Southern Conference Educational Fund and defended persons subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activi
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 308 pages)
ISBN:080712575X
0807140198
9780807125755
9780807140192

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