William Hastie
Grace Under Pressure by Ware Gilbert (1985-01-31) Hardcover
Gilbert Ware
Traces the career of Hastie, the first Black federal judge, describes his education and civil rights activities, and discusses his influence on voting rights and the desegregation of the military...
Publish Date
1985-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
1985-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
ISBN
0195032985
Recommendations
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2021-05-01T22:06:39.000Z
I’ve been reading this 1985 biography of William Hastie, and it’s fascinating. Someone should make a movie of his life. (Interestingly, the book ends with Hastie’s appointment to the Third Circuit in 1949, so there’s nothing about his being considered for SCOTUS,which JFK did.) – source