Philadelphia Freedom Memoir of a Civil Rights Lawyer

Name: Philadelphia Freedom Memoir of a Civil Rights Lawyer
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ISBN: 9780472033102

ISBN-10: 0472033107

ISBN-13: 9780472033102

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Kairys

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A memoir that is also a compelling page-turner,Philadelphia Freedomis the poignant, informative, often inspiring account of renowned civil-rights lawyer David Kairys's personal quest for achieving social justice during the turbulent 1960s and 70s. Philadelphia Freedombrings us intimately and directly into Kairys's burgeoning law career and the struggles of the 60s as his professional and private life navigated the turmoil and promise of the civil rights and antiwar movements. Many of the cases Kairys took on involved discrimination and equal protection, freedom of speech, and government malfeasance. Kairys is perhaps most well known for his victory in the Camden 28 draft board case, in…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 8/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 442
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.298



Introduction: Under the Bridge



Beginnings in Crime



Georgia on My Mind



Bailed Out by the Great Writ



Sexual History, Going Out for Ribs, and Juries without Peers



Civility, Stop Smiling, and a Surprise Jury Trial



A Small Civil Rights Law Firm and a Big War



Rizzo's Police



War without End, or a Declaration by Congress



"One of the Great Trials of the Twentieth Century"



Free Speech and the Baby Doctor



Celebrating Freedom, Free Speech, and a Book to Speak About



After the Movement



Sins of the CIA



More Juries, Less Peers



Going to School at the Electric Company



Round Up the Usual Suspects



The Cities Shoot Back



Hoover's Legacy


Epilogue


Author's Note


Notes


Index