A Bridge to Justice – The Life of Franklin H. Williams

Enid Gort (Author)
Enid Gort, Ph.D., is an anthropologist and Africanist. Her articles have appeared in numerous academic journals, including the Journal of African Studies and Social Science and Medicine. She was a consultant on, and appeared in, an award-winning PBS documentary on Ambassador Williams. Dr. Gort holds a degree in education from Kean College and a master¿s and doctorate degrees from Columbia University.
John Caher (Author)
John M. Caher is the author or co-author of seven books and the principal writer of a PBS documentary on Franklin H. Williams, A Bridge to Justice. Mr. Caher has degrees from Syracuse University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His reporting has garnered more than twenty awards, including prestigious honors from the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, and the Erie County Bar Association.

Preface | ix
Note from the Authors | xiii
Introduction | 1
1 Roots | 7
2 Coming of Age | 17
3 An ¿Ole Lady¿ at Lincoln | 31
4 The Real World | 39
5 The American Veterans Committee | 52
6 Civil Rights Lawyer | 63
7 In the Courts | 74
8 Legal Lynching | 91
9 Passion and Power Plays | 110
10 California Deliverance | 122
11 The Washington Years | 145
12 After Washington | 165
Epilogue | 183
Acknowledgments | 191
Notes | 193
Index | 219