Tipping the Scales: One Man's Freedom

by Stanley U Robinson, David R Robinson (Revised by)

Overview

A manuscript inspired by the 1954 Fair Housing case in Columbus, Ohio involving Wilson and Phyllis Head and their young family. Originally written by Attorney Stanley U. Robinson, Jr., and being posthumously published with the intent of providing fuller insights into laws and practices that have changed, while some of the underlying attitudes tend to persist in some form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781087956466
Publisher:	Canmore Press
Publication date:	11/10/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	166
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

The events that are the subject of this book are but a small part of a legal career dedicated to the creation of a society based firmly on principles of peace and justice. He and his wife Louise were longtime members of North Columbus Friends Meeting (Quakers). They were both active with FCNL (Friends Committee on National Legislation and AFSC (American Friends Service Committee).Stan and Louise were founding members of the Worthington Human Relations Council, an organization committed to advancement of Fair Housing legislation. One of its early accomplishments was the publication of ads listing hundreds of people who were willing to publicly state that they would welcome neighbors without regard to race.Following enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Stan traveled to Shreveport as an official observer of voter registration. As an attorney, Stan was very involved with the international World Peace Through Law committee. He attended international conferences in Geneva, Belgrade, and Washington, DC. Stan took up regular jogging in mid-life as a way to help control high blood pressure. In college he ran track on the same team with Jesse Owens, who went on to win four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.Stan died in 1996, a few weeks shy of his 80th birthday. During his last months, he drew an analogy between track and life. He had been a relay runner in college. "You take the baton, and run for all you're worth," he said. "Then you pass the baton to the next runner, and you're done. I feel like I've done my bit and passed the baton."

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Chapter 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chapter 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Chapter 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Chapter 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Chapter 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Chapter 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Chapter 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Chapter 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Chapter 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Chapter 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Editorial Reviews

At some point everyone will get their own wake up call, but the problem is most people ignore it when it comes. The author of this book answered the call and then some. Thurgood Marshall would've read this book with pleasure! Diversity is key when invoking peace is necessary. Love the undertones of this book which screams out loud how people must take action to end all forms of discrimination. Systemic racism has to end by changing the laws from the inside out. This book sheds light on the deep-seated racism that still exists today.

Sha Sumbatyan, Takoma Park, MD

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