The Conscience of a Lawyer: Clifford J. Durr and American Civil Liberties, 1899-1975
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Clifford Judkins Durr was an Alabama lawyer who played an important role in defending activists and other accused of disloyalty during the New Deal and McCarthy eras. His uncompromising commitment to civil liberties and civic decency caused him to often take unpopular positions. In 1933, at the behest of his brother-in-law, Hugo Black, Durr moved to Washington to work as a lawyer for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a creation of Roosevelt's...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0817304533
ISBN13:9780817304539
Release Date:June 1990
Publisher:University Alabama Press
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"
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