The Jefferson Bank confrontation
Subtitle: the struggle for civil rights in St. Louis
By: by William L. Clay, Sr
Publisher: William L. Clay Scholarship and Research Foundation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: St. Louis, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780944514344
Subjects: Race relations; Discrimination in employment; Social conditions; Civil rights; African Americans; Civil rights movements; History
Description: Retired U.S. Congressman William Clay, Sr. reflects on his role in the Jefferson Bank confrontation, a four year struggle for economic and political justice in St. Louis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Economic strangulation of black community; title: Due process, a legal myth; title: When justice is blind (CORE denied fair trial); title: Escalation of protest; title: New militant mood of Negroes; title: Black leaders in disagreement; title: Judge Scott's pre-sentence statement; title: Establishment retaliates; title: Black community fights back; title: Jailhouse blues; title: Mixed emotions of religious leaders; title: Emergence of new leaders; title: Epilogue.