Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (eBook)

Ralph J. Temple (Autor)

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2012
214 Seiten
Akashic Books (Verlag)
978-1-61775-105-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The impassioned memoirs from one of America's leading civil liberties attorneys of the 20th century.

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A memoir from one of the country’s top civil rights lawyers—from his work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through his career at the ACLU.   This volume comprises Ralph J. Temple’s memoirs of his life and his work on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1956, Temple worked for Thurgood Marshall at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund until he was drafted into the United States Army. A critical formative experience was Temple’s August 1964 trip to St. Augustine, Florida, with the New York City Lawyers Constitutional Defense Fund, where he worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others to ensure compliance with the newly enacted 1964 Civil Rights Act.   Finding his calling as a civil rights and civil liberties attorney, Temple rose to the position of Legal Director of the ACLU of the National Capital Area in Washington, DC, where he served from 1966–80. During his tenure there, he established himself in Washington as a lion ready to fight (and win) across a broad array of free speech issues. In 2008, the DC ACLU presented him with their annual Alan and Adrienne Barth Award for Exemplary Volunteer Service.   Temple kept up his legal activism and civic organizing in Oregon (where he relocated in 1996), until the day he passed away on August 27, 2011. On September 18, 2011, he was recognized by the ACLU Foundation of Oregon for his brilliant and tireless work on behalf of civil liberties.   “These legal war stories will give readers a realistic view of what a civil rights lawyer faced in championing unpopular causes.” —Publishers Weekly

Autor

Ralph J. Temple was born in England on October 18, 1932. Shortly before his father was called into the Royal British Army in 1940, Temple fled with his mother by boat from the Nazi attack on London and settled in Miami, Florida.After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1956, Temple worked for Thurgood Marshall at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, until being drafted into the United States Army. A critical formative experience was Temple's August 1964 trip to St. Augustine, Florida with the New York City Lawyers Constitutional Defense Fund; he worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others to ensure compliance with the newly enacted 1964 Civil Rights Act.Moving to the American Civil Liberties Union, he soon found his calling as a civil rights and civil liberties attorney, rising to the position of Legal Director of the ACLU of the National Capital Area in Washington, DC, where he served from 1966-80. During his tenure there, he established himself in Washington as a lion ready to fight (and win) across a broad array of free speech issues. In 2008, the DC ACLU presented him with their annual Alan and Adrienne Barth Award for Exemplary Volunteer Service.Temple kept up his legal activism and civic organizing in Oregon (where he relocated in 1996), until the day he passed away on August 27, 2011. On September 18, 2011, he was recognized by the ACLU Foundation of Oregon for his brilliant and tireless work on behalf of civil liberties. Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness comprises his memoirs of his life and his work on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged.

Inhalt

IntroductionPART I: The Immigrant in MiamiEarly Encounters with the Almighty1936Edgeware 1938Explosion1940Life at 542 Jefferson1943School Day Memories1944A Ralph By Any Other Name1946Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at Miami Beach High 1950Friends1958PART II: Civil Rights WarriorWith Sally Brown in Camelot1960St. Augustine 19641964 The Quakers1969Desperado1973Skokie March—The Acid Test1978The Hostages1979PART III: D.C. LivingA Christmas Eve Gift1981The Tyrone Defense1981Me and the Pope1990The Kindness of Strangers1991PART IV: Temple on ClintonImpeach Him? No, Get Real1997Conspiracy, Morality, and the Media1998Clinton Innocent, GOP Guilty1999Letter to Congressman Richard Gephardt 2000PART V: The New MillenniumThe Media’s Cop-Out on the April Demonstrations2000The Sorrow and Pity of Racial Profiling2001Renewing the Call of “Gideon”2003Short-Timer’s Stroll2003A Tale of Three Taxis2003Win Some, Lose Some2004The Creed of a Liberal2005Willow Wind’s “Oz”—A Stink Bomb2006Once More Into the Labyrinth2006PART VI: Facing Heart SurgeryWrestling a Bear2009Talking to Myself2009Whistling in the Dark2009 IntroductionPART I: The Immigrant in MiamiEarly Encounters with the Almighty 1936Edgeware 1938Explosion 1940Life at 542 Jefferson 1943School Day Memories 1944A Ralph By Any Other Name 1946Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at Miami Beach High 1950Friends 1958PART II: Civil Rights WarriorWith Sally Brown in Camelot 1960St. Augustine 1964 1964The Quakers 1969Desperado 1973Skokie March—The Acid Test 1978The Hostages 1979PART III: D.C. LivingA Christmas Eve Gift 1981The Tyrone Defense 1981Me and the Pope 1990The Kindness of Strangers 1991PART IV: Temple on ClintonImpeach Him? No, Get Real 1997Conspiracy, Morality, and the Media 1998Clinton Innocent, GOP Guilty 1999Letter to Congressman Richard Gephardt 2000PART V: The New MillenniumThe Media’s Cop-Out on the April Demonstrations 2000The Sorrow and Pity of Racial Profiling 2001Renewing the Call of “Gideon” 2003Short-Timer’s Stroll 2003A Tale of Three Taxis 2003Win Some, Lose Some 2004The Creed of a Liberal 2005Willow Wind’s “Oz”—A Stink Bomb 2006Once More Into the Labyrinth 2006PART VI: Facing Heart SurgeryWrestling a Bear 2009Talking to Myself 2009Whistling in the Dark 2009

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.1.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
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• ISBN-10: 1-61775-105-7 / 1617751057
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-105-9 / 9781617751059