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04322aam a2200421 i 4500 001 DAE6B69EEE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 210825s2022 miuaf b 001 0beng d 020 $a 9780814348765 020 $a 0814348769 035 $a (OCoLC)1265005265 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d CDX $d OCLCA $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d VGL $d SILO 050 4 $a KF299.A35 $b L58 2022 100 1 $a Littlejohn, Edward J. $q (Edward James), $d 1935- $e author. 245 10 $a "No equal justice" : $b the legacy of civil rights icon George W. Crockett Jr. / $c Edward J. Littlejohn and Peter J. Hammer. 264 1 $a Detroit : $b Wayne State University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xi, 400 pages, 32 pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 490 1 $a Great Lakes Books series 490 1 $a African American life series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g Introduction -- $t Crockett in Congress : a tall tree falls. $t Toward a radical law practice -- $t The great communist conspiracy trial : Battle of Foley Square -- $t Aftermath of United States v. Dennis -- $t "I wasn't along" : from prison to fighting disbarment -- $t Early 1960s : Crockett, the Guild, and civil rights in the South -- $t Election to Detroit Recorder's Court, the 1967 Rebellion, and the L.K. Tyler case -- $t The New Bethel Baptist Church incident -- $t The struggles in Recorder's Court, 1970-78 -- $t Crockett in Congress : a tall tree falls. 520 $a "There is no equal justice for Black people today; there never has been. To our everlasting shame, the quality of justice in America has always been and is now directly related to the color of one's skin as well as to the size of one's pocketbook." This quote comes from George W. Crockett Jr.'s essay, A Black Judge Speaks (Judicature, 1970). The stories of Black lawyers and judges are rarely told. By sharing Crockett's life of principled courage, No Equal Justice breaks this silence. The book begins by tracing the Crockett family history from slavery to George's admission into the University of Michigan Law School. He became one of the most senior Black lawyers in President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal administration. Later, he played a central role fighting discrimination in the United Auto Workers union. In 1949, he became the only Black lawyer, in a team of five attorneys, defending the constitutional rights of the leaders of the U.S. Communist Party in United States v. Dennis, the longest and most dramatic political trial in American history. At the close of the case, Crockett and his defense colleagues were summarily sentenced to prison for zealously representing their clients. He headed the National Lawyers Guild office in Jackson, Mississippi, during 1964's Freedom Summer. In 1966, he was elected to Detroit's Recorder's Court--the court hearing all criminal cases in the city. For the first time, Detroit had a courtroom where Black litigants knew they would be treated fairly. In 1969, the New Bethel Church Incident was Crockett's most famous case. He held court proceedings in the police station itself, freeing members of a Black nationalist group who had been illegally arrested. In 1980, he was elected to the United States Congress where he spent a decade fighting President Reagan's agenda, as well as working to end apartheid in South Africa and championing the cause to free Nelson Mandela. Crockett spent his life fighting racism and defending the constitutional rights of the oppressed. This book introduces him to a new generation of readers, historians, and social justice activists"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Crockett, George W. 600 17 $a Crockett, George W. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00061054 650 0 $a African American lawyers $v Biography. 650 6 $a Avocats noirs americains $v Biographies. 650 7 $a African American lawyers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799218 655 2 $a Biography 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 700 1 $a Hammer, Peter J., $e author. 830 0 $a Great Lakes books. 830 0 $a African American life series. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019020725.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DAE6B69EEE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search