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Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson of Alabama decided many of the most important civil rights and liberties cases in twentieth-century American history. During the 1950s and 1960s, his decisions supported Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights fighters in their struggles for justice and equality. Johnson extended the Constitutional defense of individual rights for women, students, prisoners, mental health patients, poor criminal defendants, and voters during his active judicial career in Alabama and the South, which lasted until 1991. This collection assembles some of Johnson's most thought-provoking and insightful essays, many of which explain and defend a number of his decisions. Also included in this volume is the first published transcript of a 1980 public television interview with Bill Moyers. Meticulously detailed and documented, yet accessible to a wide range of readers, this book explores the constitutional ideals that Johnson forged and defended as he persistently overcame public officials' resistance to constitutional rights and social change.

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Title Defending Constitutional Rights
Author Tony a. Freyer (Editor); Frank M. Johnson
Binding Hardcover
Edition First Edition
Pages 224
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher University of Georgia Press
Date 2001-08-20
ISBN 9780820322858 / 0820322857
Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
Dimensions 9.36 x 6.32 x 0.82 in (23.77 x 16.05 x 2.08 cm)
Library of Congress subjects Political questions and judicial power -, Civil rights movements - United States
Library of Congress Catalog Number 00065795
Dewey Decimal Code 342.730

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Frank M. Johnson (Author)
FRANK M. JOHNSON served as a Federal District Judge in Alabama from 1955-1979 and was a Federal Circuit Court Judge in Alabama from 1979-1991. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995. Tony A. Freyer (Editor)
TONY A. FREYER is the University Research Professor of History and Law at the University of Alabama. He is the author of six books, including Hugo L. Black and the Dilemma of American Liberalism; The Response to Big Business: Antitrust in Great Britain and America, 1880-1990; and Producers Versus Capitalists: Constitutional Conflict in Antebellum America; and coauthor of Democracy and Judicial Independence: Federal Courts in Alabama, 1890-1994.

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Hardback. New. Federal Judge Johnson of Alabama decided many of the important civil rights and liberties cases in 20th century American history. These essays explain and defend a number of his decisions. Also included is a transcript of a television interview in which Johnson personally explains his decisions.