Representing the race : the creation of the civil rights lawyer / Kenneth W. Mack.
Mack, Kenneth Walter, 1964-
2012
KF372 .M33 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Representing the race : the creation of the civil rights lawyer / Kenneth W. Mack.
Author
Mack, Kenneth Walter, 1964-
ISBN
9780674046870 (alk. paper)
0674046870 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Language
English
Description
330 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
KF372 .M33 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
340.092/2
Summary
Profiles African American lawyers during the era of segregation and the civil rights movement, with an emphasis on the conflicts they felt between their identities as African Americans and their professional identities as lawyers.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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