The Conscience of a Lawyer: Clifford J. Durr and American Civil Liberties, 1899-1975

by John A. Salmond

Book Overview

Clifford Judkins Durr was an Alabama lawyer who played an important role in defending activists and other accused of disloyalty during the New Deal and McCarthy eras. His uncompromising commitment to civil liberties and civic decency caused him to often take unpopular positions. In 1933, at the behest of his brother-in-law, Hugo Black, Durr moved to Washington to work as a lawyer for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a creation of Roosevelt's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817304533
• ISBN13: 9780817304539
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.4"