This comprehensive portrait of Hugo L. Black, one of the Supreme Court's most compelling and controversial Justices, draws extensively on Black's files in the Library of Congress, and on interviews with him, his colleagues, law clerks, and family to illuminate the enigmatic career of a man who became one of the 20th century's most vigilant defenders of freedoms and liberty. 18 illustrations.
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This comprehensive portrait of Hugo L. Black, one of the Supreme Court's most compelling and controversial Justices, draws extensively on Black's files in the Library of Congress, and on interviews with him, his colleagues, law clerks, and family to illuminate the enigmatic career of a man who became one of the 20th century's most vigilant defenders of freedoms and liberty. 18 illustrations.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. over 7¾-9¾" tall Price-clipped jacket has edge wear, light rubbing, small chip at bottom of front flap. Boards and interior are clean.
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Very Good. Book Octavo, hardcover, previous owner's name on endpaper else near fine iun VG black and green pictorial dj. A biography of the enigmatic career of the justice who spent 34 years on the Supreme Court. Black began his national political career in Alabama as the candidate of the Ku Klux Klan (with their help in 1926 he became a U.S. Senator), thirty years later he would argue forcefully for an end to segregation in the South. Black was so clear in his condemnation of racism that he became 'persona non grata' in his beloved Alabama. 305 pp. including index.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket in Very Good jacket. Crisp, clean pages except for some erasure marks on the front free endpaper; square, secure binding; hard cover and dust jacket shows only mild shelfwear at spine ends and corners, otherwise excellent.
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0195078144. Hardcover; NY; Oxford University Press, USA; 1996; A 1st Edition; 1.05 x 9.1 x 6.62 Inches; Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; 9.30 X 6 X 1.20 inches.
