Delivering Justice: W. W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights

By: Jim Haskins

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Synopsis: A respected biographer teams up with an acclaimed artist to tell the story of the mail carrier who orchestrated the Great Savannah Boycott -- and was instrumental in bringing equality to his community. "Grow up and be somebody," Westley Wallace Law's grandmother encouraged him as a young boy living in poverty in segregated Savannah, Georgia. Determined to make a difference in his community, W.W. Law assisted blacks in registering to vote, joined the NAACP and trained protesters in the use of nonviolent civil disobedience, and, in 1961, led the Great Savannah Boycott. In that famous protest, blacks refused to shop in downtown Savannah. When city leaders finally agreed to declare all of its citizens equal, Savannah became the first city in the south to end racial discrimination. A lifelong mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, W.W. Law saw fostering communication between blacks and whites as a fundamental part of his job. As this affecting biography makes clear, this "unsung hero" delivered far more than the mail to the citizens of the city he loved.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 32 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780763625924
Publisher:: Candlewick Press
Date of Addition:: 12/26/09
Copyrighted By:: Jim Haskins
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Children's Books, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Julie Carpenter
Proofread By:: dean martineau
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.