Philadelphia freedom
Subtitle: memoir of a civil rights lawyer
By: David Kairys.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780472116386; 9780472033102
Subjects: Kairys, David; Lawyers -- United States -- Biography; Civil rights -- United States
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings in crime; title: Georgia on my mind; title: Bailed out by the great writ; title: Sexual history, going out for ribs, and juries without peers; title: Civility, stop smiling, and a surprise jury trial; title: A small civil rights law firm and a big war; title: Rizzo's police; title: War without end, or a declaration by congress; title: "One of the great trials of the twentieth century"; title: Free speech and the baby doctor; title: Celebrating freedom, free speech, and a book to speak about; title: After the movement; title: Sins of the CIA; title: More juries, less peers; title: Going to school at the electric company; title: Round up the usual suspects; title: The cities shoot back; title: Hoover's legacy.