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 EqualityCenters around four federal judges: Elbert P. Tuttle, John Minor Wisdom, John R. Brown, and Richard Taylor Rives. |
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Prelude | 13 |
Famous Last Words | 15 |
The FourThe Leader and the Scholar | 23 |
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