KSPS Documentaries
Carl Maxey: A Fighting LIfe TRAILER
Preview: Special | 1m 35s
KSPS presents the improbable life story of prominent Spokane attorney Carl Maxey.
KSPS presents the improbable life story of prominent Spokane attorney Carl Maxey. An orphan rescued from the streets by a Jesuit priest, Maxey was a collegiate boxing champion who continued fighting as a trial lawyer defending controversial clients and causes.
KSPS Documentaries is a local public television program presented by KSPS PBS
KSPS Documentaries
Carl Maxey: A Fighting LIfe TRAILER
Preview: Special | 1m 35s
KSPS presents the improbable life story of prominent Spokane attorney Carl Maxey. An orphan rescued from the streets by a Jesuit priest, Maxey was a collegiate boxing champion who continued fighting as a trial lawyer defending controversial clients and causes.
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Carl Maxey became a key figure in the civil rights movement in the Pacific Northwest. (1m 40s)
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Established and upcoming leaders looked to Carl Maxey for inspiration and guidance (2m)
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Carl Maxey served in a segregated military as a medic (1m 38s)
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Father Burns sent Carl Maxey to the Reservation School in De Smet, ID (1m 33s)
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Carl Maxey worked at the Spokane Club during his Gonzaga Prep days. (45s)
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Seven protesters were arrested for damaging federal property in Seattle (3m 8s)
Spokane’s First African-American Lawyer
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Carl Maxey was the first African-American to pass the bar exam in Eastern Washington (2m 57s)
Spokane’s Own Form of Segregation
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Spokane had its own form of segregation that affected the African-American community. (2m 4s)
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Carl Maxey traveled to Mississippi and worked to release 100 protesters from jail. (2m 36s)
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