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Foreword by Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 One Preparing for Battle: Early Influences and Aspirations 11 Two A Legal Education: Addressing the “Just Grievances” of Negroes in America 23 Three The Road to Freedom: Challenging Segregation as Georgia’s Chief Civil Rights Lawyer 44 Four Opening the Doors: Dismantling Segregation in Higher Education 66 Five “An Appeal for Human Rights”: The Atlanta Student Sit-Ins 91 Six Freedom in the Air: The Albany Movement 130 Seven Turning the Tide: Hollowell’s March across Georgia 160 Eight Hollowell’s New Marching Orders 190 Notes 211 Bibliography 255 Index 267 Illustrations follow page 90. Contents This page intentionally left blank ...

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