Carl Maxey
Subtitle: a fighting life
By: Jim Kershner.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A V Ethel Willis White Books
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780295988467
Subjects: Maxey, Carl, -- 1924-1997; African American lawyers -- Washington (State) -- Spokane -- Biography; Civil rights workers -- Washington (State) -- Spokane -- Biography; Boxers (Sports) -- Washington (State) -- Spokane -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An orphan's fire; title: A father in black robes; title: The count and the club; title: Walking right into trouble; title: King Carl wins the crown; title: Eastern Washington's first black lawyer; title: Stirrings from the south; title: The haircut uproar and a perfunctory execution; title: Freedom summer in the tail end of America; title: "The sickness of our nation"; title: A right hook to scoop Jackson; title: The Seattle seven circus; title: The Maxey temper; title: Ruth Coe's greek tragedy; title: "No goddamned award"; title: "Living through all this b.s."; title: Type-A Gandhi.