Race, Reason, and Massive Resistance: The Diary of David J. Mays, 1954-1959

By: David J. Mays

Book Overview

These private writings by a prominent white southern lawyer offer insight into his state's embrace of massive white resistance following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. David J. Mays of Richmond, Virginia, was a highly regarded attorney, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, and a member of his city's political and social elite. He was also a diarist for most of his adult life. This volume comprises diary excerpts from the years 1954...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820330256
• ISBN13: 9780820330259
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"