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Title details for Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers by Karl E. Campbell - Available

Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers

by Karl E. Campbell
David Stampone
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Many Americans remember Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985) as the affable, Bible-quoting, old country lawyer who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973. Yet for most of his 20 years in the Senate, Ervin was Jim Crow's most talented legal defender as the South's constitutional expert during the congressional debates on civil rights. The paradox of the senator's opposition to civil rights and defense of civil liberties lies at the heart of this biography of Sam Ervin. Karl Campbell illuminates the character of the man and the historical forces that shaped him. The senator's distrust of centralized power, Campbell argues, helps explain his ironic reputation as a foe of civil rights and a champion of civil liberties.

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Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9780807885048
  • File size: 433189 KB
  • Release date: April 1, 2008
  • Duration: 15:02:28

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  • ISBN: 9780807885048
  • File size: 433699 KB
  • Release date: April 1, 2008
  • Duration: 15:02:22
  • Number of parts: 16

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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction

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Many Americans remember Senator Sam Ervin (1896-1985) as the affable, Bible-quoting, old country lawyer who chaired the Senate Watergate hearings in 1973. Yet for most of his 20 years in the Senate, Ervin was Jim Crow's most talented legal defender as the South's constitutional expert during the congressional debates on civil rights. The paradox of the senator's opposition to civil rights and defense of civil liberties lies at the heart of this biography of Sam Ervin. Karl Campbell illuminates the character of the man and the historical forces that shaped him. The senator's distrust of centralized power, Campbell argues, helps explain his ironic reputation as a foe of civil rights and a champion of civil liberties.

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Biography & Autobiography Nonfiction