Carol Weiss King : human rights lawyer, 1895-1952 / Ann Fagan Ginger with a foreword by Louis H. Pollak.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Niwot, CO : University Press of Colorado, c1993.Description: xx, 599 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0870812858 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 342.73/085/092 B 347.30285092 B 20
LOC classification:
  • KF 373 .K48 G56 1993
Contents:
Part I. The roaring twenties,1920 - 1929 learning to practice law: 1. Attorney General Palmer's raids -- 2. Discovering how to fight back -- 3. Beginning to practice law -- 4. From Hell to Horatio -- 5. Grasping a victory out of defeat -- 6. Shorr, Brodsky, & King - and Jonathan -- 7. Watching Darrow work a jury --
Part II. The depression thirties,1930 -1938 practicing in the left of times: 8. Suddenly alone, with Jonathan -- 9. After the crash -- 10. Dnieprostory, Berlin, and Harlan County -- 11. Defending the right to revolution -- 12. Getting on with the Bulletin and with life -- 13. Saving the "Scottsboro Boys" -- 14. A new deal for aliens? -- 15. Representing clients in Warsaw and Dixie -- 16. Building a guild of lawyers -- 17. Uniting on many fronts --
Part III. The world war forties,1939 - 1945 winning cases in the Supreme Court: 18. Moving onto page nine -- 19. Harry Bridges: round one -- 20. Proving a government/business conspiracy -- 21. Fighting fascism and the FBI -- 22. Harry Bridges: round two -- 23. The cumulative effect of five liars -- 24. Getting a Republican to represent a Communist -- 25. Folks have to be themselves -- 26. Winning in the highest court -- 27. Winning in the highest court, doubled --
Part IV. The cold war forties and fifties, 1946 - 1952 holding the line: 28. The attorney general threatens revenge -- 29. Making noise like a lawyer -- 30. "The Hell with you! Love, Carol!" -- 31. A new kind of woman fights the Cold War -- 32. An incredible case -- 33. Once in a lifetime! -- 34. A big fraud in a Little Palmer Road -- 35. "The Communist's dearest friend!" -- 36. Finally, the supreme court.
Summary: "Carol Weiss King was a pioneer attorney who made significant contributions to the development of constitutional, labor, and immigration law during the period from World War I to the cold war. She practiced law with, against and before Clarence Darrow, Wendell Wilkie, J. Edgar Hoover, and Supreme Court justices Black, Douglas, Frankfurter, Stone, Murphy, and Jackson. King helped litigate landmark victories in the Supreme Court for African-Americans, labor unions, citizen dissenters, and immigrants. In this first major biography of a woman lawyer, Ann Fagan Ginger uses numerous sources, including the personal and professional correspondence of King and her , as well as King's 1500-page FBI file. The book also contains a selection of rare illustrations, news photos, and cartoons by left-wing artists that evoke the passions aroused by multiple injustices in the King era. The result is an engrossing portrait of a woman who was an agressibve lawyer fighting for her beliefs and clients, a trusted mentor who nurtured younger lawyers to continue the battle for equality and individual liberties, and a sensitive wife and mother. In describing the key role of King and other left lawyers in defense committees, the union movement, and left political parties, Ginger presents many previously unknown facts about King and the people who organized the liberal National Lawyer's Guild, the U.S. Branch of the International Judicial Association, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, and the CIO. Through King's letters to a friend during the long Harry Bridges deportation hearings in 1939 - 1941, Ginger also provides unparalleled insights into the anatomy of a big political case. Her story will appeal to a broad range of readers including historians, lawyers, and those interested in women's studies. " - from the dust jacket
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-574) and index.

Part I. The roaring twenties,1920 - 1929 learning to practice law: 1. Attorney General Palmer's raids -- 2. Discovering how to fight back -- 3. Beginning to practice law -- 4. From Hell to Horatio -- 5. Grasping a victory out of defeat -- 6. Shorr, Brodsky, & King - and Jonathan -- 7. Watching Darrow work a jury --

Part II. The depression thirties,1930 -1938 practicing in the left of times: 8. Suddenly alone, with Jonathan -- 9. After the crash -- 10. Dnieprostory, Berlin, and Harlan County -- 11. Defending the right to revolution -- 12. Getting on with the Bulletin and with life -- 13. Saving the "Scottsboro Boys" -- 14. A new deal for aliens? -- 15. Representing clients in Warsaw and Dixie -- 16. Building a guild of lawyers -- 17. Uniting on many fronts --

Part III. The world war forties,1939 - 1945 winning cases in the Supreme Court: 18. Moving onto page nine -- 19. Harry Bridges: round one -- 20. Proving a government/business conspiracy -- 21. Fighting fascism and the FBI -- 22. Harry Bridges: round two -- 23. The cumulative effect of five liars -- 24. Getting a Republican to represent a Communist -- 25. Folks have to be themselves -- 26. Winning in the highest court -- 27. Winning in the highest court, doubled --

Part IV. The cold war forties and fifties, 1946 - 1952 holding the line: 28. The attorney general threatens revenge -- 29. Making noise like a lawyer -- 30. "The Hell with you! Love, Carol!" -- 31. A new kind of woman fights the Cold War -- 32. An incredible case -- 33. Once in a lifetime! -- 34. A big fraud in a Little Palmer Road -- 35. "The Communist's dearest friend!" -- 36. Finally, the supreme court.

"Carol Weiss King was a pioneer attorney who made significant contributions to the development of constitutional, labor, and immigration law during the period from World War I to the cold war. She practiced law with, against and before Clarence Darrow, Wendell Wilkie, J. Edgar Hoover, and Supreme Court justices Black, Douglas, Frankfurter, Stone, Murphy, and Jackson. King helped litigate landmark victories in the Supreme Court for African-Americans, labor unions, citizen dissenters, and immigrants. In this first major biography of a woman lawyer, Ann Fagan Ginger uses numerous sources, including the personal and professional correspondence of King and her , as well as King's 1500-page FBI file. The book also contains a selection of rare illustrations, news photos, and cartoons by left-wing artists that evoke the passions aroused by multiple injustices in the King era. The result is an engrossing portrait of a woman who was an agressibve lawyer fighting for her beliefs and clients, a trusted mentor who nurtured younger lawyers to continue the battle for equality and individual liberties, and a sensitive wife and mother. In describing the key role of King and other left lawyers in defense committees, the union movement, and left political parties, Ginger presents many previously unknown facts about King and the people who organized the liberal National Lawyer's Guild, the U.S. Branch of the International Judicial Association, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers, and the CIO. Through King's letters to a friend during the long Harry Bridges deportation hearings in 1939 - 1941, Ginger also provides unparalleled insights into the anatomy of a big political case. Her story will appeal to a broad range of readers including historians, lawyers, and those interested in women's studies. " - from the dust jacket

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