2: J. L. CHESTNUT, who in 1958 became Selma, Alabama's first and only black lawyer. Working with the NAACP, he defended activists during the civil rights movement. Since then he's been involved in what he describes as the longer march...turning the victories of the civil rights movement into grass roots change. The law firm CHESTNUT founded in Selma is now the largest black law firm in Alabama. CHESTNUT's autobiography is "Black in Selma" (Anchor), co-authored with Julia Cass, a reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer. This interview was originally broadcast in 1990.
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