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Salt of the Earth, Conscience of the Court

by John M. Ferren, Wiley Rutledge

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The Kentucky-born son of a Baptist preacher, with an early tendency toward racial prejudice, Supreme Court Justice Wiley Rutledge (1894-1949) became one of the Court's leading liberal activists and an early supporter of racial equality, free speech, and c

Book Details

Publisher:
Univ of North Carolina Press
Published:
2004
Pages:
577
Language:
EN
ISBN:
9780807828663