Justice You Shall Pursue

“An invaluable resource for reinterpreting the roots of the success of the civil rights movement, elevating the role of legal battles and the courts. Readers will be captivated by Whitfield’s engaging style that leads to a better understanding of a remarkable period of American history when two unlikely groups joined forces to reshape the country. The book casts a sharp eye on a proud moment in American history that echoes up to today.” - Jonathan Kaufman, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author of Broken Alliance: The Turbulent Times Between Blacks and Jews in America

“This is an original, intellectually rich, and engagingly written volume that fills an important gap and expands our understanding of both the civil rights movement and the cultural history of American law. The book’s value lies not only in recovering forgotten figures, but also in explaining what they reveal about law, race, identity, and American liberalism in the twentieth century.” - Dan J. Puckett, professor of history at Troy University and author of In the Shadow of Hitler: Alabama’s Jews, the Second World War, and the Holocaust

Stephen J. Whitfield is professor emeritus of American studies at Brandeis University, where he won two awards for excellence in teaching. He is author of A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till, The Culture of the Cold War, In Search of American Jewish Culture, and other works. He also edited A Companion to 20th-Century America.

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