Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky
This interview was recorded by the BookTV Bus crew at Destination Booksellers in New Albany, Indiana.
Linda Gugin talked about her book she wrote with James St. Clair, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography, published… read more
Linda Gugin talked about her book she wrote with James St. Clair, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography, published by University Press of Kentucky. Fred M. Vinson, the thirteenth Chief Justice of the United States (1947-1953), served in all three branches of federal government. Professor Gugin talked about how they came to write this book, Chief Justice Vinson’s term on a tumultuous court, and his legacy in the area of civil rights.
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