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Title	A matter of law : a memoir of struggle in the cause of equal rights / Robert L. Carter.
Author	Carter, Robert L., 1917-2012.
Published	New York : New Press, 2005.
Description	xiii, 256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format	text; unmediated; volume
ISBN	1565848306 (hardcover)
	9781565848306 (hardcover)

Contents	Early years -- Becoming a lawyer -- Jim Crow Army -- The NAACP years -- The road to Brown -- Fighting for survival in the wake of Brown -- Taking Brown north -- On the bench.
Summary	"Robert L. Carter's history with the NAACP during its pivotal years (the 1940s through the 1960s) is at the center of this memoir, which offers a rare personal account of how the legal campaign in Brown was mounted. His recounting of the efforts by the NAACP's small legal staff to expose the pervasive nature of school segregation in the North in the aftermath of Brown brings this history to the forefront for the first time." "Carter's post-NAACP career has enabled him to reflect on the fight for racial justice from a variety of vantage points, most recently as a federal district judge in New York. He brings a fresh and critical perspective to bear on the long-term consequences of the civil rights movement, and the need for new and innovative approaches to the continuing struggle for racial justice in America."--BOOK JACKET.
Note	Includes index.
Subjects (People)	Carter, Robert L., 1917-2012.
Subjects (Topics)	African American lawyers.
	African American civil rights workers.
	African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
	Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Race discrimination -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Genres	Biographies.
Bib utility control no.	56661967

Cooley Law School	Grand Valley State University	University of Detroit Mercy	Wayne State University
Grand Rapids Public Library	Oakland University	University of MI - Ann Arbor	Western Michigan Univ

Library	Shelving Location	Call Number and Serial Holdings	Status
Cooley Law School	Lansing Main Collection Lower Level	KF373.C373 A3 2005	NOT REQUESTABLE
Grand Rapids Public Library	Main [Biography]	Biography Carter, Robert L.	AVAILABLE
Grand Valley State University	Steelcase Library - ASRS	KF373.C378 A3 2005	AVAILABLE
Oakland University	Books	KF373 .C378 A3 2005	AVAILABLE
University of Detroit Mercy	McNichols [dmmc]	KF 373 .C378 A3 2005	AVAILABLE
University of MI - Ann Arbor	Shapiro - Undergraduate stacks	KF 373 .C378 A32 2005	AVAILABLE
Wayne State University	Purdy-Kresge Library	KF 373 .C378 A3 2005	AVAILABLE
Western Michigan Univ	Waldo [general]	KF373.C378 A3 2005	AVAILABLE