Emanuel Celler : immigration and civil rights champion /

Congressman Emanuel Celler (1888-1981) was a New York City congressman who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1923 to 1973. Celler's almost fifty-year career was highlighted by his long fight to eliminate national origin quotas as a basis for immigration restrictions and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dawkins, Wayne (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2020]
Subjects:	Celler, Emanuel, > 1888-1981. Jewish legislators > United States > Biography. Legislators > United States > Biography. Politicians > United States > Biography. Civil rights > United States. Emigration and immigration law > United States.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Chapter 1: Early life, 1888-1906
Chapter 2: Columbia University, young lawyer, 1906-1921
Chapter 3: Elected to Congress, 1922-1923
Chapter 4: Passion, emotion, fear, and hate, 1924-1927
Chapter 5: Celler asserts self, chips at immigration, 1930s
Chapter 6: World War II, FDR, and Jewish refugees
Chapter 7: Post-World War II, Truman, and the state of Israel
Chapter 8: Antitrust, cold war, incremental immigration
Chapter 9: You never leave Brooklyn, early 1950s
Chapter 10: Suez-cide and civil rights, 1950s
Chapter 11: Celler and the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Chapter 12: Hart-Celler immigration reform, 1965
Chapter 13: Voting Rights Act, 1965
Chapter 14: Congressional bulldog, 1967-1971
Chapter 15: Old-World liberal Celler Is upset, 1972-1973
Chapter 16: Post-Congressional life, 1973-1981
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index.