Carl Maxey
Subtitle: a fighting life
By: Jim Kershner.
Edition: 1st ed.
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: "A V Ethel Willis White book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and index.
Table of contents: value: An orphan's fire; value: A father in black robes; value: The count and the club; value: Walking right into trouble; value: King Carl wins the crown; value: Eastern Washington's first black lawyer; value: Stirrings from the south; value: The haircut uproar and a perfunctory execution; value: Freedom summer in the tail end of America; value: "The sickness of our nation"; value: A right hook to scoop Jackson; value: The Seattle seven circus; value: The Maxey temper; value: Ruth Coe's greek tragedy; value: "No goddamned award"; value: "Living through all this b.s."; value: Type-A Gandhi.