FiftyEight Lonely Men by J W. Peltason PAPERBACK 9780252001758

Fifty-Eight Lonely MenSouthern Federal Judges and School Desegregation\nAuthor(s): J W. Peltason, Kenneth N. Vines, Numan V. Bartley\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252001758, 978-0252001758\nSynopsis\nOriginally 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 c""