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Raymond Pace Alexander : a new Negro lawyer fights for civil rights in Philadelphia

Raymond Pace Alexander (1897-1974) was a prominent black attorney in Philadelphia and a distinguished member of the National Bar Association, the oldest and largest association of African American lawyers and judges. A contemporary of such nationally known black attorneys as Charles Hamilton Houston...

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Main Author: Canton, David A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson, Miss. : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
Subjects and Genres:
Alexander, Raymond Pace, > 1898-1974.
African American lawyers > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
African Americans > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Biography.
Civil rights > Pennsylvania > History > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • The origin of a new Negro lawyer, 1898-1924
  • Using the left to fight for what is right : civil rights law and radicalism, 1925-1935
  • Making a national movement local : the civil rights struggle in Philadelphia, 1936-1948
  • The Cold War, northern Scottsboro, and the politics of civil rights, 1949-1953
  • Participating in the civil rights movement from the bench, 1954-1964
  • A new Negro judge in black power America, 1965-1974.

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