Civil Rights,
Books
Mar. 5, 2011
Honoring the True Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement
A recount of the African American struggle for voting rights that focuses on the real heroes of this movement. By Michael Waterstone of Loyola Law School.
Michael Waterstone
Fritz B. Burns Dean, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Email: michael.waterstone@lls.edu
BOOK REVIEW: From 2003 to 2006, I was a law professor at the University of Mississippi, teaching, among other things, civil rights. I am confident I learned every bit as much as I was able to teach, likely a great deal more. I was in the sweltering summertime heat of Philadelphia, Miss. when Edgar Ray Killen was convicted - finally - by a jury of his peers for his role in the 1960s murder of Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman. To me, this incident encapsulated what I had...
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