TY  - BOOK
AU  - Friedman,Joel Wm
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Champion of civil rights: Judge John Minor Wisdom 
T2  - Southern biography series
AV  - KF373.W516 F75 2009eb
U1  - 347.73/14092B 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Baton Rouge
PB  - Louisiana State University Press
KW  - Wisdom, John Minor,
KW  - United States
KW  - Circuit Court (5th Circuit)
KW  - Judges
KW  - Biography
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; A privileged son of the South -- From birth to Bonnie to the branch, 1905-1946 -- At the bar, 1948-1953 -- Battling the bosses : creating a two-party system in Louisiana -- The 1952 convention : victories for Eisenhower and a two-party system in Louisiana -- Assuming the bench : nomination and confirmation -- The Fifth Circuit's emerging intellectual leader, 1957-1966 -- Showdown in Mississippi : standing up for James Meredith and to Ross Barnett -- The first step in desegregating the South : enforcing Brown's mandate in Louisiana -- Implementing Brown throughout the nation -- Internal discord threatens the court -- Honoring the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment : the voting rights cases -- A vigilant steward of fairness -- The civil rights struggles of the 1970s and 1980s : equal opportunity in employment -- The unsuccessful campaign to save the Fifth Circuit -- Honoring the legacy; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10271941
ER  -