Bus Ride to Justice : : Changing the System by the System : the Life and Works of Fred Gray, Preacher, Attorney, Politician
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Includes index.
"Lawyer for Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., the Montgomery bus boycott, the Tuskegee syphilis study, the desegregation of Alabama schools and the Selma march, and founder of the Tuskegee human and civil rights multicultural center."
The making of a lawyer -- The bus protest begins -- The city's get-tough policy -- Black justice, white law -- State of Alabama v. NAACP -- Seeking the ballot and other rights -- George Wallace assisted me -- Dr. King's most serious charge -- Times v. Sullivan : the new law of libel -- Sit-ins, freedom rides, freedom walks -- 'With all deliberate speed' -- Selma once more -- Denial and dilution of voting rights -- Fred Gray, the politician -- Fred Gray, the preacher -- The family -- A university that should have been -- The Tuskegee syphilis study -- The judgeship that was not to be -- Post-'judgeship' -- My challenge to young lawyers -- Vestiges of discrimination -- Four who affected my legal career -- The many faces of power.
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PUBLISHED
Montgomery, AL : NewSouth Books, ©2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: xx, 428 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781588382863 (hbk.)
1588382869 (hbk.)
SUBJECTS
Gray, Fred D., -- 1930-
African American lawyers -- Biography.
Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
African Americans -- History -- 20th century.