Charles H. Houston : An Interdisciplinary Study of Civil Rights Leadership.
Title:
Charles H. Houston : An Interdisciplinary Study of Civil Rights Leadership.
Author:
Black, Derek W.
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9780739143605
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (193 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Charles Hamilton Houston -- Part I: Philosophical Foundations -- Chapter 2: In Defense of Voluntary Desegregation -- Chapter 3: "A Lawyer Is Either a Social Engineer or a Parasite to Society" -- Chapter 4: What the Right Learned from Charles Houston That the Left Did Not -- Part II: Constructive Engagement -- Chapter 5: The Historical Legacy of the Nadir and Houstonian Jurisprudence in the Origins of the Modern Civil Rights Movement1 -- Chapter 6: Charles Hamilton Houston and Post-New Negro Movement Authority -- Part III: Enduring Contributions -- Chapter 7: Charles Hamilton Houston and the Struggle Against Lynching in the United States, 1930-1939 -- Chapter 8: African American Voices Should Speak Loudly and Proudly to Protect Undocumented Immigrants from Fundamentally Unfair Discrimination -- Chapter 9: Charles Hamilton Houston and the Development of the NAACP's Legal Assault on Jim Crow -- Chapter 10: Neo-Houstonian Studies: The Nation of Islam, Edward W. Jacko, Jr., and the Struggle for Afro-Muslim Civil Liberties -- Bibliography -- About the Contributors.
Abstract:
This study seeks to examine the life and work of Charles Hamilton Houston and the scope of this project will focus on the implementation and organization of the proposed plan in three ways: philosophical ideas, constructive engagement, and lasting contributions of this legal scholar activist.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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