Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems
by Walker, Alice; Jack Greenberg [Association]
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151770905
- ISBN 13
- 9780151770908
- Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 First printing of the stated first edition. Presentation copy (signed and dated in year of publication on the half-title page) to famed civil rights lawyer and activist, Jack Greenberg (1924–2016): "For Jack Greenberg / long in the / Storm. / Sincerely, / Alice Walker / 2-26-73." Provenance: the personal copy of Jack Greenberg, consigned by his adopted son William Cole.
Light rubbing to edge of boards, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with light toning to cover margins, light wear to spine ends, and light shelf wear.
Jack Greenberg was an American attorney and legal scholar. He was the Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund from 1961 to 1984, succeeding Thurgood Marshall.
Greenberg represented Martin Luther King Jr., but was best known for his role in litigating Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark 1954 civil rights case in which the high court rejected “separate but equal” public schools for blacks and whites. He also handled hundreds of cases in the lower courts on issues including school desegregation, equal employment, fair housing, and voter registration. Greenberg had been the sole surviving member of the team of attorneys who litigated Brown.
Greenberg was a beloved professor and mentor who was a member of the Columbia Law School faculty for more than 50 years.
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- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022905
- Title
- Revolutionary Petunias & Other Poems
- Author
- Walker, Alice; Jack Greenberg [Association]
- Illustrator
- Lilian Kemp (Author photo); Robin Forbes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151770905
- ISBN 13
- 9780151770908
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Poetry, African American, Afro-American, Black Literature, Women Writers, Provenance, Association Copy.
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