Moving America toward justice
Subtitle: the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law, 1963-2013
By: by Michelle D. Bernard
Publisher: The Donning Company Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Virginia Beach, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781578648498
Subjects: Civil rights lawyers; Civil rights; History; Human rights advocacy; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index.
Table of contents: title: Founding of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights under Law; title: The 1960s : Mississippi, the Lawyers' Committee, the bar, and the bench; title: The 1970s : a period of transition, progress, and backlash; title: The 1980s : Ronald Reagan and the emergence of the Lawyers' Committee as a "private attorney general"; title: The 1990s : Barbara R. Arnwine, a new strategic direction, and a new role in advocating civil rights for all; title: 2000 election, Katrina, foreclosures expands reach; title: The Lawyers' Committee today and tomorrow : the fight continues.