Lexis Nexis Lawyer, Activist, Judge: Fighting for Civil and Voting Rights in Mississippi and Illinois
Select a format
International Order Inquiry
Select subscription type
Terms & conditions
Subscribers receive the product(s) listed on the Order Form and any Updates made available during the annual subscription period. Shipping and handling fees are not included in the annual price.
Subscribers are advised of the number of Updates that were made to the particular publication the prior year. The number of Updates may vary due to developments in the law and other publishing issues, but subscribers may use this as a rough estimate of future shipments. Subscribers may call Customer Support at 800-833-9844 for additional information.
Subscribers may cancel this subscription by: calling Customer Support at 800-833-9844; emailing customer.support@lexisnexis.com; or returning the invoice marked "CANCEL".
If subscribers cancel within 30 days after the product is ordered or received and return the product at their expense, then they will receive a full credit of the price for the annual subscription.
If subscribers cancel between 31 and 60 days after the invoice date and return the product at their expense, then they will receive a 5/6th credit of the price for the annual subscription. No credit will be given for cancellations more than 60 days after the invoice date. To receive any credit, subscriber must return all product(s) shipped during the year at their expense within the applicable cancellation period listed above.
The total price includes the product(s) listed in the Order Form and any Updates for a limited period (minimum period of 30 days) after the order is placed ("Order Window"). Shipping and handling fees are not included in the grand total price.
All shipments may be returned, at subscribers' expense, for full credit of the Price within 30 days of receipt.
Shipments may not be returned, and no credits will be issued, more than 30 days after receipt.
After the Order Window, subscribers will receive notice of Updates along with the then-current grand total price and order process as Updates become available. Subscribers will only be shipped those Updates they specifically request.
Product description
View a sample of this title using the ReadNow feature
In this engaging description of life spent breaking down barriers, Martha Mills describes being one of few female law students in the early 1960s, finding work as the first female in a law firm, and joining the work of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law in the mid-1960s. Her work as a civil rights activist continued through to her work as a judge in Cook County, Illinois. Martha Mills came to Mississippi as a young civil rights lawyer and looked racist judges, lawyers, lawmen and Ku Kluxers in the eye-never backing down, in court or out. Mills would not be intimidated. Lawyer, Activist, Judge: Fighting for Civil and Voting Rights in Mississippi and Illinois’ is an inside look at the struggle for civil and voting rights in Mississippi and Cairo, IL in the 1960s-70s from a trial lawyer's vantage point.The book takes a look at some major cases, including a million dollar verdict against the Ku Klux Klan, milestone Supreme Court cases involving the 1871 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and more.She lived and worked in an ardent segregationist culture fraught with danger, and filled with both heroes and villains. The history and early struggles under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 are of crucial importance to those who will today litigate renewed attempts to limit the ability of persons of various classes to vote, blacks, minorities, the poor, the young and the poorly educated.
eBooks, CDs, downloadable content, and software purchases are noncancelable, nonrefundable and nonreturnable. Click here for more information about LexisNexis eBooks. The eBook versions of this title may feature links to Lexis+® for further legal research options. A valid subscription to Lexis+® is required to access this content.
