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Author Kershner, Jim, 1953-

Title Carl Maxey : a fighting life / Jim Kershner.

Publication Info. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2008]
©2008

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xi, 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "A V Ethel Willis White book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-254) and index.
Contents An orphan's fire -- A father in black robes -- The count and the club -- Walking right into trouble -- King Carl wins the crown -- Eastern Washington's first black lawyer -- Stirrings from the south -- The haircut uproar and a perfunctory execution -- Freedom summer in the tail end of America -- "The sickness of our nation" -- A right hook to scoop Jackson -- The Seattle seven circus -- The Maxey temper -- Ruth Coe's greek tragedy -- "No goddamned award" -- "Living through all this b.s." -- Type-A Gandhi.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Maxey, Carl, 1924-1997.
Maxey, Carl, 1924-1997.
Maxey, Carl, 1924-1997.
African American lawyers -- Washington (State) -- Spokane -- Biography.
African American lawyers.
Washington (State) -- Spokane.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Civil rights workers -- Washington (State) -- Spokane -- Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Boxers (Sports) -- Washington (State) -- Spokane -- Biography.
Boxers (Sports)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Kershner, Jim, 1953- Carl Maxey. 1st ed. Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2008 9780295988467 (DLC) 2008008657 (OCoLC)212204559
ISBN 9780295800394 (electronic book)
0295800399 (electronic book)
9780295988467
0295988460