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Father, son, and constitution : how Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark shaped American democracy
Title:
Father, son, and constitution : how Justice Tom Clark and Attorney General Ramsey Clark shaped American democracy
Author:
Wohl, Alexander.
ISBN:
9780700619160
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
x, 486 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Beginnings -- Finding justice -- The Japanese interment -- Friends in high places -- Rising to the top : becoming Attorney General -- Attorney General Clark, President Truman, and the push for civil rights -- Cold war Attorney General -- The Vinson court -- Evolving justice : the Warren Court -- Ramsey's rise -- Ramsey Clark and the civil rights revolution -- Assuming the mantle, fulfilling the dream -- Violence in the nation, justice in the courts -- Attorney General Ramsey Clark -- Civil rights, uncivil disorders -- Next steps and continuing battles -- The Clarks as a reflection of America's conflicting views on law and justice.
Local Note:
Copy 2 - Gift - John D. Fassett.