federal judge Damon J. Keith Hammer, Peter J. creator Coleman, Trevor W. text bibliography biography Electronic books. miu 2014 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations 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. compiled, written, and edited by Peter J. Hammer and Trevor W. Coleman ; foreword by Mitch Albom. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- 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 KF373.K44 H36 2014eb 347.732 Hammer, Peter J. Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2014] xx, 300 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm (OCoLC)ocn813949038 (DLC) 2013948123 9780814338469 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10836368 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10836368 CaPaEBR 130816 ebr10836368 eng