A Passion for Justice: J. Waties Waring and Civil Rights

by Tinsley E. Yarbrough

Book Overview

An eighth-generation Charlestonian with a prestigious address, impeccable social credentials, and years of intimate association with segregationist politicians, U.S. District Court Judge Julius Waties Waring shocked family, friends, and an entire state in 1945 when, at age sixty-five, he divorced his wife of more than thirty years and embarked upon a far-reaching challenge to the most fundamental racial values of his native region. The first jurist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195147154
• ISBN13: 9780195147155
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.5"