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@ Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Woodham, Rebecca

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Encyclopedia article about African American attorney Arthur Davis Shores who worked for racial equality, despite threats and violence. Shores was one of the first and most successful black attorneys in Alabama, whose career defending civil rights began in the 1930s and continued until his death in 1996. His most notable case was representing Autherine Lucy, a black woman whose admission to the University of Alabama in 1955 was fought by the white establishment.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

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Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American Lawyers
  3. African Americans
  4. Alabama
  5. Birmingham
  6. City Council Members
  7. Civil Rights
  8. Civil Rights Movements
  9. Civil Rights Workers
  10. College Integration
  11. Lawyers
  12. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  13. Segregation In Education
  14. Tuscaloosa
  15. Universities
  16. University Of Alabama

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