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In 1954, William L. Taylor, a recent Yale Law School graduate, joined Thurgood Marshall's NAACP Legal Defense Fund, where he would later write the victorious 1958 Supreme Court brief that forced Little Rock, Arkansas schools to desegregate. In this historic book, Taylor recalls the triumphs, setbacks, and ongoing challenges in the battle for civil rights from his own unique and influential perspective. From the tireless struggle to enforce the desegregation of public schools to recent victories protecting the interests of minority schoolchildren in St. Louis, Taylor has influenced policymakers across the political spectrum. He has written landmark pieces of legislation, lobbied them through Congress, and developed strategies that have led to significant social change. In this inspiring insider's account, Taylor discusses civil rights policy over the decades, while also chronicling his encounters with presidents, other legislators, his work with civil rights leaders, and his friendships with the people he has met in the movement. The civil rights movement has been the passion of our times since Brown versus Board of Education. The Passion of My Times is a significant contribution to the literature of the movement and one that promises to energize a new generation of activists.

Ebook The Passion of My Times An Advocate FiftyYear Journey in the Civil Rights Movement William L Taylor Books

"William Taylor is a gifted writer and one of the great civil rights lawyers of our time. His leadership/insider view of the multiple dimensions of civil rights advocacy [data and testimony collection, Congressional hearings, the courts, regulation enforcement, executive orders, judicial appointment fights, etc.]is must reading for all, particularly people of color, women, people with disabilities, and others who still aspire to justice and the American dream.

Bill McCrone, Ph.D., J.D."

Product details Paperback 272 pages Publisher Da Capo Press (January 10, 2006) ISBN-10 0786716851 ASIN B001G8WMWY

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The Passion of My Times An Advocate FiftyYear Journey in the Civil Rights Movement William L Taylor Books Reviews

• William L. Taylor spent his lifetime advocating for civil rights, justice and equality. His book tells the story of his lifetime efforts from his days as an outspoken college newspaper editor, his early career as a white lawyer working with Thurgood Marshall and others on the landmark desegregation legal case of Brown V. Board and continues through his forty-year career that spanned the conservative presidential terms of Ronald Reagan and George Bush and centrist era of Bill Clinton.
  
  He takes us behind the headlines ranging from personalities such as Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan, Bush and Clinton and events related to their tenures such as desegregation, busing, school integration, the War on Poverty and The Voting Rights Act. His narrative details how it was people, white and black, men and women, governors and community leaders who moved us from headlines to reality. He reminds us that American laws and government policies are only as good as their actual application in the real world of American cities and states.
  
  He describes his efforts to organize advocacy groups ranging from professionals to community organizers and reminds us that the measure of professional careers is not fame and fortune but persistence in moving the nation towards justice and freedom for the most defenseless members of society. In the traditions of Howard Zinn and Michael Moore, he reminds us that the real treasure and hope for a greater United States will always be its People.
• William Taylor is a gifted writer and one of the great civil rights lawyers of our time. His leadership/insider view of the multiple dimensions of civil rights advocacy [data and testimony collection, Congressional hearings, the courts, regulation enforcement, executive orders, judicial appointment fights, etc.]is must reading for all, particularly people of color, women, people with disabilities, and others who still aspire to justice and the American dream.
  
  Bill McCrone, Ph.D., J.D.