Color of Law - Ernie Goodman, Detroit and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights

Informationen zum Autor Dave Riddle is a former truck driver and Teamster member who has lived in Detroit for nearly forty years. His work as a historian has focused on the politics of race and class in Detroit's blue-collar suburbs. Klappentext Biography of Ernie Goodman! a Detroit lawyer and political activist who played a key role in social justice cases. Zusammenfassung In a working life that spanned half a century! Ernie Goodman was one of the US's preeminent defense attorneys for workers and the militant poor. The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman! Detroit! and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights traces Goodman's journey through tumultuous events and highlights the many moments when changing perceptions of social justice clashed with legal precedent.

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• Authors: Steve Babson, Steve Riddle Babson, David Elsila, Dave Riddle
• Publisher: WAYNE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2010
• EAN: 9780814334966
• ISBN: 978-0-8143-3496-6
• No. of pages: 568
• Series: Great Lake Books Series; Great Lakes Books (Hardcover); Great Lakes Books (Hardcover)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries