03398nam a2200469 i 4500 ebr10836368 CaPaEBR m o d cr cn||||||||| 130816t20142014miua ob 001 0beng|d 9780814338452 (jacketed cloth) 0814338453 (hc) 9780814338469 (e-book) CaPaEBR eng rda pn CaPaEBR (OCoLC)874160754 n-us--- KF373.K44 H36 2014eb 347.732 Hammer, Peter J. Crusader for justice : federal judge Damon J. Keith / compiled, written, and edited by Peter J. Hammer and Trevor W. Coleman ; foreword by Mitch Albom. Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2014] �2014 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Humble roots: the lawyer and the janitor -- The early education of Damon J. Keith -- College life: West Virginia State College -- "The finest man I've ever known" -- 1943: war in the streets/war overseas -- Howard University School of Law: the West Point of civil rights -- Leaping the bar -- Rachel -- Taking a chance: life as a young lawyer -- A room on the second floor: rebuilding Detroit's NAACP -- "Get out on your own": how Damon Keith became his own start-up -- A leader emerges: from Jack Kennedy to Willie Horton -- Detroit 1967: the fire this time -- Approaching the bench: the long and winding politics of becoming a judge -- Into the maelstrom: busing in Pontiac -- Housing in Hamtramck and discrimination at Detroit Edison -- Taking on the Nixon White House: the Keith case -- Affirmative action in the Detroit Police Department -- "Tell him Thurgood's on the line" -- "Here, boy, park this car" -- Strange bedfellows: Damon Keith and Clarence Thomas -- Swimming upstream: ideological and political shifts in the courts -- "Democracies die behind closed doors" -- The Keith law clerk family -- Friends along the way: from Rosa to Russia -- "I don't work on your plantation!": speaking out, standing strong -- Crusader for justice: into the sunset. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Keith, Damon J. (Damon Jerome), 1922- United States. Court of Appeals (6th Circuit) Biography. Judges United States Biography. African American judges United States Biography. Lawyers United States Biography. African American lawyers United States Biography. Electronic books. Coleman, Trevor W. Print version: Hammer, Peter J. Crusader for justice : federal judge Damon J. Keith. Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2014] xx, 300 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm 9780814338452 (OCoLC)ocn813949038 (DLC) 2013948123 ebrary. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10836368 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 89846 89846