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Heart of Atlanta : five Black pastors and the Supreme Court victory for integration

Greene, Ronnie (author.).

Summary: "The Heart of Atlanta Supreme Court decision stands among the court's most significant civil rights rulings. In Atlanta, Georgia, two arch segregationists vowed to flout the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the sweeping slate of civil rights reforms just signedinto law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The Pickrick restaurant was run by Lester Maddox, soon to be governor of Georgia. The other, the Heart of Atlanta motel, was operated by lawyer Moreton Rolleston Jr. After the law was signed, a group of ministry students showed up for a plate of skillet-fried chicken at Maddox's diner. At the Heart of Atlanta, the ministers reserved rooms and walked to the front desk. Lester Maddox greeted them with a pistol, axe handles, and a mob of White supporters. Moreton Rolleston refused to accept the Black patrons. These confrontations became the centerpiece of the nation's first two legal challenges to the Civil Rights Act. In gripping detail built from exclusive interviews and original documents, Heart of Atlanta revealsthe saga of the case's rise to the U.S. Supreme Court, which unanimously rejected the segregationists. Heart of Atlanta restores the legal cases and their heroes to their proper place in history."--

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  • ISBN: 9781641605274
  • ISBN: 1641605278
  • Physical Description: print
    239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue: a presidential plea, a legal fight alighted -- An awakening in Atlanta -- Lester Maddox: "Stand up for America" -- King's lessons, and a bloodshed in the South -- A revolt hatched in a seminary -- Filibuster, politicking, and the vote that saved JFK's plan -- Heart of Atlanta v. USA: the first legal challenge arrives -- Pickrick showdown: axe handles, guns, and fists -- The courtroom showdowns -- Two major rulings, and a backlash against the Supreme Court -- The ministers and Pickrick: back for seconds, thirds -- "The People's Court" and the Heart of the Atlanta Motel -- Arguments before the high court -- Judgment day: the US Supreme Court rules -- More shoves, venom, and axe handles -- Closing time at the Pickrick and Lester Maddox Cafeteria -- A new governor in Georgia.

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Heart of Atlanta Motel Trials, litigation, etc
Pickrick (Restaurant) History
Discrimination in public accommodations Law and legislation United States Cases
Civil rights United States Cases
African Americans Civil rights History 20th century
African Americans Georgia Atlanta Biography
Atlanta (Ga.) Race relations History 20th century
Genre:
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Biographies.

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