Saving the Soul of Georgia: Donald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil Rights - Brossura

Daniels, Maurice C.

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ISBN 10: 082034981X ISBN 13: 9780820349817

Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 2016

Riassunto

Donald L. Hollowell was Georgia’s chief civil rights attorney during the 1950s and 1960s. In this role he defended African American men accused or convicted of capital crimes in a racially hostile legal system, represented movement activists arrested for their civil rights work, and fought to undermine the laws that maintained state-sanctioned racial discrimination. InSaving the Soul of Georgia, Maurice C. Daniels tells the story of this behindthe- scenes yet highly influential civil rights lawyer who defended the rights of blacks and advanced the cause of social justice in the United States.

Hollowell grew up in Kansas somewhat insulated from the harsh conditions imposed by Jim Crow laws throughout the South. As a young man he served as a Buffalo Soldier in the legendary Tenth Cavalry, but it wasn’t until after he fought in World War II that he determined to become a civil rights attorney. The war was an eye-opener, as Hollowell experienced the cruel discrimination of racist segregationist policies. The irony of defending freedom abroad for the sake of preserving Jim Crow laws at home steeled his resolve to fight for civil rights upon returning from war.

From his legal work in the case of Hamilton E. Holmes and Charlayne Hunter that desegregated the University of Georgia to his defense of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to his collaboration with Thurgood Marshall and his service as the NAACP’s chief counsel in Georgia, Saving the Soul of Georgia explores the intersections of Hollowell’s work with the larger civil rights movement.

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L'autore:

Maurice C. Daniels is dean and professor of the School of Social Work at the University of Georgia and is founder and director of The Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies. He is the author ofHorace T. Ward: Desegregation of the University of Georgia, Civil Rights, and Jurisprudenceand executive producer of a number of civil rights documentaries.

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• Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 082034981X
• ISBN 13: 9780820349817
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 285