{"product_id":"white-lawyer-black-power-a-memoir-of-civil-rights-activism-in-the-deep-south-hardcover","title":"White Lawyer, Black Power: A Memoir of Civil Rights Activism in the Deep South - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald A. Jelinek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Dittmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by a colleague's involvement in the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964, Wall Street attorney Donald A. Jelinek traveled to the Deep South to volunteer as a civil rights lawyer during his three-week summer vacation in 1965. He stayed for three years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhite Lawyer, Black Power\u003c\/i\u003e, Jelinek recounts the battles he fought in defense of militant civil rights activists and rural African Americans, risking his career and his life to further the struggle for racial equality as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and an attorney for the Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union. Jelinek arrived in the Deep South at a pivotal moment in the movement's history as frustration over the failure of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to improve the daily lives of southern blacks led increasing numbers of activists to question the doctrine of nonviolence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJelinek offers a fresh perspective that emphasizes the complex dynamics and relationships that shaped the post-1965 black power era. Replete with sharply etched, complex portraits of the personalities Jelinek encountered, from the rank-and-file civil rights workers who formed the backbone of the movement to the younger, more radical, up-and-coming leaders like Stokely Carmichael and H. \"Rap\" Brown, \u003ci\u003eWhite Lawyer, Black Power\u003c\/i\u003e provides a powerful and sometimes harrowing firsthand account of one of the most significant struggles in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Dittmer, professor emeritus of American history at DePauw University and author of \u003ci\u003eLocal People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e, provides a foreword.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald A. Jelinek (1934-2016) began his legal career on Wall Street but was best known for his work as a civil rights lawyer who defended members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s, the Native Americans who seized Alcatraz Island to dramatize their grievances against the federal government, and the indicted survivors of the Attica prison riot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51790510260512,"sku":"9781643361178","price":196.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/05ded87ec155ecec8295c34dc6faaf52.webp?v=1780678762","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/white-lawyer-black-power-a-memoir-of-civil-rights-activism-in-the-deep-south-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}