Record #:

21811

Author(s):

Campbell, Karl E.

Abstract:

Looks at the role of North Carolina senator Sam Ervin in the development of civil liberties in the McCarthy era and during the activism of Chief Justice Earl Warren' Supreme Court. As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, Ervin championed such groups as the military, the mentally ill, and Native Americans while consistently voted against civil rights for African Americans.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 78 Issue 4, Oct 2001, p431-456, il, por

Subject(s):

Ervin, Sam J. (Sam James), 1896-1985