Matthew J. Perry: The Man, His Times, and His Legacy chronicles the
life and accomplishments of the attorney who led the struggle for
desegregation in South Carolina, served as a primary legal advocate
in the national civil rights movement, and became South Carolina's
first African American U.S. District Court judge. In this volume,
scholars of the civil rights era, fellow civil rights activists,
jurists, attorneys, a governor, and an award-winning
photojournalist join together to produce a multilayered biography
of Matthew J. Perry. Collectively they bring to light the
remarkable achievements of a man well known in his home state but
sometimes obscured on the national stage by the shadows of Thurgood
Marshall, J. Waties Waring, and Charles Hamilton Houston. This
volume tells the story of Perry's life, including his humble
beginnings in Columbia, his service to the nation during wartime,
his remarkable career as a creator of positive social change, and,
finally, his achievements as a respected member of the federal
judiciary. The contributors describe Perry's courage, skills as an
orator, quick legal mind, and genteel nature. They set his story in
the turbulent civil-rights-era South, revealing how broad social,
historical, and legal issues affected Perry's life and shaped the
trajectory of his activist and professional life. The volume
underscores how Perry enabled his home state to escape from Jim
Crow's clutches with much less turmoil than many of its neighbors.
Published in concert with the dedication of the Matthew J. Perry,
Jr. United States Courthouse in Columbia, South Carolina, this life
story portrays an esteemed juror whose grace and resiliency led
South Carolina into the twentieth century.
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