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Homer Thornberry : congressman, judge, and advocate for equal rights /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tomlin, Homer Ross (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Fort Worth : TCU Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Thornberry, Homer, > 1909-1995.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Judges > United States > Biography.
Texas > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
Texas > Politics and government > 1951-
Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Brought into silence (1909-1918)
  • Emergence (1919-1936)
  • The immortals (1936-1940)
  • Fractures (1940-1948)
  • Nation, state (1948-1954)
  • Civil warfare (1955-1957)
  • At society's margins (1958-1961)
  • A good, steady job (1962-1963)
  • "Storm center" (1964-1966)
  • Desegregation redux (1966-1971)
  • Court unpacking (1972-1980)
  • Semiretirement (1981-1995).