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Author:
Wattley, Cheryl Elizabeth Brown, 1953-
Title:
A step toward Brown v. Board of Education : Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and her fight to end segregation / by Cheryl Elizabeth Brown Wattley.
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xvii, 305 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Fisher, Ada Lois Sipuel,--1924-1995.
African Americans--Oklahoma--Biography.
Civil rights workers--Oklahoma--Biography.
Oklahoma--Race relations.
African Americans--Civil rights--Oklahoma.
African American lawyers--Oklahoma--Biography.
Fisher, Ada Lois Sipuel,--1924-
African American lawyers.
African Americans.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights workers.
Race relations.
Oklahoma.
Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-300) and index.
Contents:
Ada Lois's Oklahoma -- Predecessors: the early NAACP school segregation cases -- A "natural" plaintiff courageously steps forward -- The journey to the Supreme Court ruling -- A law school for Ada Lois in just seven days -- Ada Lois's law school on trial -- While Ada Lois fought and waited -- At long last, Ada Lois attends law school -- The legacy of Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher.
ISBN:
0806145455 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780806145457 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)878224991
LCCN:
2014016211
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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