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Frank M. Johnson, Jr.

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Bass, Jack

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Encyclopedia article about Frank M. Johnson, Jr. who as a federal judge played a crucial role in shaping civil-rights law in America and applying it in Alabama. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. once called him "the man who gave true meaning to the word justice." Johnson's legal decisions desegregated schools in Alabama, busing in Montgomery, eliminated the state poll tax, allowed blacks to serve on juries, and authorized the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. Many other rulings also had far-reaching consequences toward achieving civil rights for blacks, inmates, and the mentally ill.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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Keywords

  1. Alabama
  2. Civil Rights
  3. Civil Rights Workers
  4. Judges
  5. Lawyers
  6. Officials And Employees
  7. School Integration
  8. Segregation In Education
  9. Soldiers
  10. United States
  11. United States. District Court (Alabama : Middle District)

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