Standing against dragons : three southern lawyers in an era of fear

Standing against dragons : three southern lawyers in an era of fear / Sarah Hart Brown.

Author/creator	Brown, Sarah Hart, 1938-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©1998.
Description	xvii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Coe, John Moreno. Durr, Clifford J. (Clifford Judkins), 1899-1975. Smith, Benjamin Eugene. Lawyers--Southern States --Biography. Civil rights movements--Southern States --History.

Contents	The problemed peace: civil libertarianism, antilibertarianism, and the cold war doctrine -- On becoming southern liberals: prelude to 1948 -- Crossroads: progressive politics and other pipe dreams, 1948-1950 -- "Comes now Willie McGee": communist causes in southern context, 1950-1954 -- Congressional offensive, 1954: the SCEF investigation and its echoes -- After Brown: congressional anti-communism and southern "sedition," 1954-1961 -- "Radicals" and "Respectables": the cold war against "outside agitators," 1958-1963 -- "They were the real subversives": the Dombrowski case and the Mississippi crusade, 1963-1965 -- Epilogue and conclusion: "the importance of heresy."
Local note	Little-316256--305131016707Y
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-283) and index.
LCCN	98024110
ISBN	0807122076 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	KF372 .B76 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold