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Unlikely heroes

the dramatic story of the Southern judges of the Fifth Circuit who translated the Supreme Court's Brown decision into a revolution for equality

by Jack Bass · 1981

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Centers around four federal judges: Elbert P. Tuttle, John Minor Wisdom, John R. Brown, and Richard Taylor Rives.

HistoryUnited StatesLaw and legislationDiscrimination in educationUnited States. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)Discrimination in education, law and legislationSouthern states, history