Champion of civil rights
Subtitle: Judge John Minor Wisdom
By: Joel William Friedman.
Series: Southern biography series
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9780807133842
Subjects: Wisdom, John Minor, -- 1905-1999; United States. -- Circuit Court (5th Circuit); Judges -- United States -- Biography; Civil rights -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A privileged son of the South; title: From birth to Bonnie to the branch, 1905-1946; title: At the bar, 1948-1953; title: Battling the bosses : creating a two-party system in Louisiana; title: The 1952 convention : victories for Eisenhower and a two-party system in Louisiana; title: Assuming the bench : nomination and confirmation; title: The Fifth Circuit's emerging intellectual leader, 1957-1966; title: Showdown in Mississippi : standing up for James Meredith and to Ross Barnett; title: The first step in desegregating the South : enforcing Brown's mandate in Louisiana; title: Implementing Brown throughout the nation; title: Internal discord threatens the court; title: Honoring the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment : the voting rights cases; title: A vigilant steward of fairness; title: The civil rights struggles of the 1970s and 1980s : equal opportunity in employment; title: The unsuccessful campaign to save the Fifth Circuit; title: Honoring the legacy.