Black in Selma - The Uncommon Life of J. L. Chestnut, Jr.

Author(s): J. L. Chestnut Jr.; Julia Cass

Biography & Memoir

On March 7,1965, George Wallace lined a bridge in Selma with statetroopers to prevent a civil rights march to Montgomery. Among those present was 34-year-old lawyer, J. L. Chestnut, a brilliant, passionate and unflinchingly tenacious champion of a people and a cause. Black in Selma is his story. Candid and thoroughly engrossing . . .--San Francisco Chronicle. (Anchor)

General Information

  • : 9780374114046
  • : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
  • : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
  • : 861825000.0
  • : 01 August 1990
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : J. L. Chestnut Jr.; Julia Cass
  • : Hardback
  • : 431