Fifty-Eight Lonely Men: Southern Federal Judges and School Desegregation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252001758)

Originally published in 1961, this still timely book illustrates the role of the judiciary in the solution of a social and political problem. It is unequaled in its description of the plight of federal judges who are charged with carrying out the decisions of the Supreme Court against segregation but who are under constant pressure--social, political, and personal--to speak for the white South. Some have been ostracized by their communities as traitors; others have joined their state legislatures and local school boards in developing elaborate delay strategy to circumvent the Supreme Court's decisions. In his introduction to the first edition former Senator Paul H. Douglas wrote: ". . . a clear and comprehensive account of the legal struggles in the federal courts over segregation and desegregation in the public schools of the nation. It gets behind the newspaper headlines and gives a play-by-play account. . . . This book is indeed full proof of the delays and difficulties of the law and the pressures of local public opinion."

Author: J. W. Peltason
ISBN-10: 0252001753
ISBN-13: 9780252001758
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1971
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.42w x 0.80d