Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times, and His Legacy

Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times, and His Legacy chronicles the life and accomplishments of the attorney who led the struggle for desegregation in South Carolina, served as a primary legal advocate in the national civil rights movement, and became South Carolina's first African American U.S. District Court judge. In this volume, scholars of the civil rights era, fellow civil rights activists, jurists, attorneys, a governor, and an award-winning photojournalist join together to produce a multilayered biography of Matthew J. Perry. Collectively they bring to light the remarkable achievements of a man well known in his home state but sometimes obscured on the national stage by the shadows of Thurgood Marshall, J. Waties Waring, and Charles Hamilton Houston.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Burke, William Lewis
Published: 04/01/2004
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9781570035340
Pages: 312
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.36w x 1.07d