num_pages: 432
description: The only black lawyer in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 tells his story of a life lived on the front lines, and in the long shadow, of the Civil Rights movement, from his clash with George Wallace to the present day. Reprint.
language: English
title: Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr.
titlecomplete: Black in Selma: The Uncommon Life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr.
genres: Biography, Race, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 84
places: Selma, Alabama
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award
category: Books, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Lillian Smith Book Award
publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux