Won Over: Reflections of a Federal Judge on His Journey from

Won Over: Reflections of a Federal Judge on His Journey from Jim Crow Mississippi

What was it like growing up white in Mississippi as the civil rights movement exploded in the 1950s and â€™60s? How did some white children reconcile the decency and fairness taught by their parents with the indecency and unfairness of the Mississippi â€œWay of Life,â€ the euphemism applied to Jim Crow segregation? Won Over examines these questions as it traces the life journey of United States District Judge William Alsup, born in Mississippi in 1945 to hard-working parents who believed in segregation but also in fairness and decency. Therein lay the struggle at the core of the human predicament in the South. Alsupâ€™s memoir recounts the influences that drew the author from traditional Southern attitudes toward a color-blind ideal. Those influences included his older sister, Willanna, his closest circle of friends, a charismatic mentor in college, and the moral force of the civil rights movement. Won Over recalls some of his steps along that journeyâ€•a counterprotest to a John Birch Society billboard calling for the impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren; a personal meeting with the brother of slain leader Medgar Evers to convey condolences; a letter to the editor of the statewide paper on behalf of his circle of friends declaring â€œWe are for civil rights for Negroesâ€; a successful 1966 challenge to a statewide ban on â€œcontroversialâ€ speakers on college campuses, used to prevent blacks from being invited to speak; and a visit to a Chicago church to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak against housing and employment discrimination.
Country USA
Brand NewSouth Books
Manufacturer NewSouth Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781588383426
ReleaseDate 2019-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781588383426

Country	USA
Brand	NewSouth Books
Manufacturer	NewSouth Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781588383426
ReleaseDate	2019-03-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781588383426

Won Over: Reflections of a Federal Judge on His Journey from Jim Crow Mississippi