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- catalog abstract ""From his assumption of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot's editorial helm in 1919 until his death in 1950, Louis Isaac Jaffe served as one of the South's leading and most respected liberal journalists. Prejudice he faced as a Jew created in him an abiding empathy with the downtrodden, and his World War I military service and subsequent Red Cross work deepened his sensitivity to injustice. Alexander Leidholdt's new biography maps the battlefield of intolerance and civil rights violations on which Jaffe fired his journalistic salvos and explores the complexities of a man who was poised to become a national spokesman for a better South." "Jaffe worked ceaselessly to advance racial understanding, successfully lobbying locally for black parks and beaches, black police, and a black college. He initiated the passage of a Klan anti-mask ordinance and condemned the conviction of the Scottsboro boys. A high point of Leidholdt's book is the account of Jaffe's attacks on mob justice, a stirring record of one writer's response to what he saw as inexcusable sluggishness in civil authorities. For his campaign urging Virginia lawmakers to adopt stiff anti-lynching legislation, he earned the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished editorial writing." "Drawing extensively from primary source material, much of it previously unexamined, Editor for Justice makes an important contribution to journalism and to southern, Jewish, and black history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12549187.
- catalog coverage "Norfolk (Va.) Race relations.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Drawing extensively from primary source material, much of it previously unexamined, Editor for Justice makes an important contribution to journalism and to southern, Jewish, and black history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""From his assumption of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot's editorial helm in 1919 until his death in 1950, Louis Isaac Jaffe served as one of the South's leading and most respected liberal journalists. Prejudice he faced as a Jew created in him an abiding empathy with the downtrodden, and his World War I military service and subsequent Red Cross work deepened his sensitivity to injustice. Alexander Leidholdt's new biography maps the battlefield of intolerance and civil rights violations on which Jaffe fired his journalistic salvos and explores the complexities of a man who was poised to become a national spokesman for a better South."".
- catalog description ""Jaffe worked ceaselessly to advance racial understanding, successfully lobbying locally for black parks and beaches, black police, and a black college. He initiated the passage of a Klan anti-mask ordinance and condemned the conviction of the Scottsboro boys. A high point of Leidholdt's book is the account of Jaffe's attacks on mob justice, a stirring record of one writer's response to what he saw as inexcusable sluggishness in civil authorities. For his campaign urging Virginia lawmakers to adopt stiff anti-lynching legislation, he earned the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished editorial writing."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [465]-489) and index.".
- catalog description "The Last Straw -- A Poignant Journey -- Great Expectations -- A War Up Close -- Accepting the Helm -- Setting a Course -- The Roaring Twenties -- Mobs in His Cross Hairs -- The Waning Twenties -- The Avant-Garde -- A Crushing Load -- Two Faces of Intolerance -- From Bad to Worse -- A Light in the Tunnel -- A Fight to the Finish -- Postscript: The Legacy of Louis Jaffe.".
- catalog extent "xv, 507 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0807127515 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Southern biography series".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Norfolk (Va.) Race relations.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "070.92 B 21".
- catalog subject "Jaffe, Louis I. (Louis Isaac), 1888-1950.".
- catalog subject "Journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN4874.J34 L45 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Last Straw -- A Poignant Journey -- Great Expectations -- A War Up Close -- Accepting the Helm -- Setting a Course -- The Roaring Twenties -- Mobs in His Cross Hairs -- The Waning Twenties -- The Avant-Garde -- A Crushing Load -- Two Faces of Intolerance -- From Bad to Worse -- A Light in the Tunnel -- A Fight to the Finish -- Postscript: The Legacy of Louis Jaffe.".
- catalog title "Editor for justice : the life of Louis I. Jaffe / Alexander S. Leidholdt.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".