Lion in the Lobby Clarence Mitpb

Lion in the Lobby chronicles Clarence Mitchell's life story and mission of getting Congress to join the courts and the Executive Branch in upholding the Constitution in order to fulfill the NAACP's egalitarian philosophy.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Foreword by Clarence Mitchell, Jr.
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Journey Toward the Promised Land:
Chapter 5 Trauma of a Lynching
Chapter 6 Covering the Scottsboro Trials
Chapter 7 A Star is a Small Reward
Chapter 8 Neither North nor South
Chapter 9 A Man is Molded
Chapter 10 Launching a Career
Chapter 11 The FEPC Grail
Chapter 12 NAACP Labor Secretary
Chapter 13 Taking Command
Chapter 14 All-Out Attack on Segregation
Chapter 15 Confronting the Agony
Chapter 16 Shifting Strategy
Chapter 17 At the Crossroads
Chapter 18 Breakthrough
Chapter 19 The Undaunted Optimist
Chapter 20 Fulfilling a Dream:
Chapter 21 Challenge of the New Frontier
Chapter 22 Honing Political Support
Chapter 23 Guiding the Forces Through the Turbulence
Chapter 24 The 1964 Act: A Dream Realized
Chapter 25 101st Senator
Chapter 26 "Our Quarterback"
Chapter 27 Confronting the Politics of Reaction
Chapter 28 Epilogue
Chapter 29 Appendix I: Civil Rights Bills: Parliamentary Procedures
Chapter 30 Appendix II: Differences Between Voting Proposals and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Chapter 31 Appendix III: What's in the Civil Rights Act?
Chapter 32 Notes
Chapter 33 Bibliography
Chapter 34 Principal Cases Cited
Chapter 35 Index

About the author

Denton L. Watson is Associate Professor of American Studies, SUNY College at Old Westbury. He served as the Director of Public Relations, NAACP, from 1982-1985.

Summary

Lion in the Lobby chronicles Clarence Mitchell's life story and mission of getting Congress to join the courts and the Executive Branch in upholding the Constitution in order to fulfill the NAACP's egalitarian philosophy.

Product details

• Authors: Denton Watson, Denton L Watson, Denton L. Watson, Watson Denton L.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2015
• EAN: 9780761864509
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-6450-9
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Civil rights & citizenship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Black & Asian Studies, Civics and citizenship, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Social discrimination and social justice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General