There When We Needed Him: Wiley Austin Branton, Civil Rights Warrior
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557288488 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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From his private law practice in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Branton became, along with Marshall, counsel for the Little Rock Nine in their 1957 efforts to integrate Central High School. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall said of Wiley Austin Branton that he devoted his entire life to fighting for his own people.” There When We Needed Him is the story of that fight, which began with Branton's being one of the first black students at the University of Arkansas Law School and which took him to the highest levels of business and government. At Branton’s funeral in 1988, former Arkansas senator David Pryor described him as quiet and unassuming. He provided leadership to the United Planning Organization, the Alliance for Labor Action, and the NAACP; and he was dean of Howard University Law School. Under his leadership of the Atlanta-based Voter Education Project, more than six hundred thousand black voters were registered from 1962 to 1965. It is his humility and desire to always put the goals of the civil rights movement before self which probably accounts for the fact that he was not mor
Happy to know more about Wiley Branton Amazon Customer A superb biography! A must read for anyone interested in Arkansas history and politics, especially during the Civil Rights era.. Paul A. Branton said My Uncle. I learned more about my Uncle in this book that i would have never known
Jordan Jr., Senior Managing Director, Lazard Frères & Co. There When We Needed Him is a fitting tribute to a great man and dear friend, and an important contribution to the writing on the Civil Rights Movement.” Vernon E. Wiley Branton spent his life working for justice. LLC Arkansas and America are better places because of what Wiley did.” Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States. He represented the best of his profession and his country