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Author Payne, Darwin.

Title Quest for justice : Louis A. Bedford Jr. and the struggle for equal rights in Texas / Darwin Payne ; foreword by W. Marvin Dulaney ; afterword by Amilcar Shabazz.

Imprint Dallas : Southern Methodist University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  347.7314 B39Bp 2009    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 273 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-258) and index.
Contents Constricted horizons -- Prairie View and beyond -- A Texan in Brooklyn -- A timorous beginning -- Turning the corner -- Entering the ranks -- A burst of energy -- A time for reflection -- "The shoulders we stand on: Black professionals and the transformation of U.S. society" / Amilcar Shabazz.
Subject Bedford, Louis A.
Judges -- Texas -- Biography.
African American judges -- Texas -- Biography.
Lawyers -- Texas -- Dallas -- Biography.
African American lawyers -- Texas -- Dallas -- Biography.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- Texas.
Civil rights movements -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Practice of law -- Texas -- Dallas -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780870745522 (alk. paper)
0870745522 (alk. paper)
Standard No. NLGGC 320076016
IG# 9780870745522

 
    
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