Touched with fire : Morris B. Abram and the battle against racial and religious discrimination /

"Morris B. Abram (1918-2000) emerged from humble origins in a rural South Georgia town to become one of the leading civil rights lawyers in the United States during the 1950s. While unmasking the Ku Klux Klan and serving as a key intermediary for the release of the Reverend Martin Luther King J...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lowe, David E. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, [2019]
Subjects:	Abram, Morris B. Lawyers > United States > Biography. Civil rights > United States > History. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Lawyers & Judges. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. Civil rights. Lawyers. United States. Biographies. History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Childhood
Education
Atlanta lawyer
Victory
Jewish imperatives
Continuing the struggle
Brandeis
Values
New York lawyer
Transition
Challenging new definitions of civil rights
Leadership
Back to the United Nations
Legacy.