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x, 486 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-469) and index. |
| 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. |
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Constitutional history -- United States -- 20th century.
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Civil rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Clark, Tom C. (Tom Campbell), 1899-1977.
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Clark, Ramsey, 1927-2021.
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| ISBN |
9780700619160 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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070061916X (cloth : alk. paper) |
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