The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights

by Steve Babson, Dave Riddle, David Elsila

Book Overview

Biography of Ernie Goodman, a Detroit lawyer and political activist who played a key role in social justice cases.

In a working life that spanned half a century, Ernie Goodman was one of the nation's preeminent defense attorneys for workers and the militant poor. His remarkable career put him at the center of the struggle for social justice in the twentieth century, from the sit-down strikes of the 1930s to the Red Scare of the 1950s...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814334962
• ISBN13: 9780814334966
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.2"