{"product_id":"9781643364827","title":"The Life of a Movement Lawyer: Lewis Pitts and the Struggle for Democracy, Equality, and Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBe inspired by this grassroots civil rights lawyer's quest for democracy, equality, and justice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1947 and raised in rural South Carolina, Lewis Pitts grew up oblivious to the civil rights revolution underway across the country. A directionless white college student in 1968, Pitts committed to military service and was destined for Vietnam. Five years later-after a formative period in which he underwent an intellectual and moral awakening, was discharged as a conscientious objector, and graduated from law school-he embarked on an unlikely forty-year career as a crusading social justice attorney. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of a Movement Lawyer: Lewis Pitts and the Struggle for Democracy, Equality, and Justice \u003c\/i\u003echronicles how Pitts positively affected thousands of lives and communities, while working in various social movements and then for legal aid. These grassroots efforts included fights to end nuclear proliferation; seeking justice for victims and survivors of the Greensboro Massacre; restarting the local government in Keysville, Georgia; preserving Gullah culture on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina; and ending corruption in Robeson County, North Carolina. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeyond documenting a life well-lived and shedding light on lesser-known activists and movements, Langberg, in this thoroughly researched biography, explores problems that continue to afflict the United States today: poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, racism, police misconduct, voter suppression, child maltreatment, and corporate power. \u003ci\u003eThe Life of a Movement Lawyer \u003c\/i\u003ewill energize, inspire, and compel action by those who seek to continue the pursuit of justice for all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46375223656689,"sku":"9781643364827","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781643364827_p0.jpg?v=1765438528","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781643364827","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}