The butler's child: white privilege, race, and a lawyer's life in civil rights

"Lewis M. Steel, born a Warner Brothers' grandson, inherited a life of privilege, access, and opportunity. With every option available, he chose a life of purpose, spending more than fifty years as a no-holdsbarred civil rights lawyer whose victories set legal precedents still relevant tod...

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1. Verfasser: Steel, Lewis M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Columbia The University of South Carolina Press 2020
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Zusammenfassung:"Lewis M. Steel, born a Warner Brothers' grandson, inherited a life of privilege, access, and opportunity. With every option available, he chose a life of purpose, spending more than fifty years as a no-holdsbarred civil rights lawyer whose victories set legal precedents still relevant today. In The Butler's Child, Steel explores the important role race played in his upbringing, anchored by his relationship with the family's African American butler, and why he has devoted his life to pursuing racial justice. This insightful life story chronicles his close relationship with Robert L. Carter, his mentor and extraordinary NAACP general counsel. Steel was there during the Attica uprising, represented innocent African Americans in front-page murder cases, and played a central role in the evolution of civil rights law from the height of the movement to landmark cases in the decades that followed"--
Beschreibung:Includes index
Beschreibung:xii, 288 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:9781643360959
1643360957

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