Constance Baker Motley: One Woman's Fight for Civil Rights and Equal Justice Under Law

ISBN-13: 9780817359331 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 174 str.

Gary L. Ford

Opis

When the name Constance Baker Motley is mentioned, more often than not, the response is ""Who was she?"" The answer is multifaceted, complex, and inspiring. Gary Ford explores the key role Motley played in the fight to desegregate public schools, colleges, housing, transport, lunch counters, museums, libraries, and parks.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgments
• 1. Clarifying and Correcting the Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement
• 2. Black Women: On the Front Lines but Not Properly Credited
• 3. Early Life and Preparation to Become a Leader
• 4. Work in the Trenches: The Case-by-Case Implementation of Brown v. Board of Education
• 5. Representing Protesters: Mass Demonstrations, Marches, Sit-Ins, and Freedom Rides
• 6. Desegregating America, Case by Case, in the Supreme Court
• 7. The Transition from Activist Movement Lawyer
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Constance Baker Motley’s NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Cases
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index