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Author Chestnut, J. L.

Title Black in Selma : the uncommon life of J.L. Chestnut, Jr / J.L. Chestnut, Jr., Julia Cass.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [1990]
©1990

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Location Call No. Status
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B CHESTNUT J.L. C    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B CHESTNUT, J.L.    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  340.092 CHESTNUT    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary "Politics and power in a small American town"--Jacket subtitle.
Contents 1930-1958. King of the drag ; Shotgun houses ; Play ball ; My dreams ; Rumblings -- 1958-1962. Outside the rail ; Roadshow ; Sinking pretty low -- 1963-1965. Something altogether new ; Judge in a nutshell ; In the middle ; Born again -- 1965-1985. Picking up the pieces ; Inside the ballpark ; New life ; Racial politics ; Black Santa ; Straddling two eras ; Contradictory individuals ; Roadshow two ; A multitude of problems ; Drawing the lines ; Salt and pepper ; Intense politickin' time ; Ironies all around -- 1985-1990. The probability of miracles.
Awards Lillian Smith Book Award, 1991
Subject Chestnut, J. L.
African American lawyers -- Alabama -- Biography.
Civil rights movements -- Alabama -- Selma -- History.
Added Author Cass, Julia.
ISBN 0374114048: $22.95
9780374114046
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