This week focused on the tireless efforts of Civil Rights Attorneys. This last one's life should be made into a movie. There's racism, sexism and transgendered issues within this woman's life, Interesting indeed... Anna Pauline "Pauli" Murray (November 20, 1910 – July 1, 1985) was an American civil rights activist, women's rights activist, lawyer, and author. Drawn to … [Read more...] about Saturday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
Civil Rights Attorneys
Friday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
Samuel Wilbert Tucker (June 18, 1913 – October 19, 1990) was an American lawyer and a cooperating attorney with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). As a founding partner in the Richmond, Virginia firm of Hill, Tucker and Marsh, he is best remembered for one of his several civil rights cases before the Supreme Court of the United States: Green … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
Thursday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
Fredrick L. McGhee (October 28, 1861 – September 9, 1912), a black civil rights activist and one of America’s first African American lawyers. McGhee, born as a slave but who later was able to achieve a substantial career as an attorney and become one of the civil rights pioneers, was a contemporary of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
Wednesday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
Anna Langford (1917 – September 17, 2008) was an American politician and lawyer who served on the Chicago City Council in Chicago, Illinois. Langford became the first African American woman elected to the Chicago City Council in 1971. She ultimately served three nonconsecutive terms on the council. … [Read more...] about Wednesday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
Monday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys
This week's open threads will highlight the work of some well-known and not so well-known civil rights attorneys. Cecil Bassett Moore (April 2, 1915 – February 13, 1979) was a Philadelphia lawyer, civil rights activist who led the fight to integrate Girard College, president of the local NAACP, and member of Philadelphia's City Council. … [Read more...] about Monday Open Thread: Civil Rights Attorneys