Frank Minis Johnson
Judge
Selma to Montgomery marches...court order that would prohibit the police from interfering. Instead of issuing the court order, Federal District Court Judge Frank Minis Johnson issued a restraining order, preventing the march from taking place until he could hold additional... In this article: Injunction, George Wallace, Alabama, Amelia Boynton, Martin Luther King, Jr., Frank Minis Johnson, and James Bevel |
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Wikipedia | October 24, 2009
Bryce Hospital
...Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama attempted to file suit on behalf of the laid-off workers, but Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson ruled that the courts had no standing to intervene on behalf of fired employees. He left open,...
In this article: Alabama, Dorothea Dix, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and USA
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The Crimson White | October 13, 2009
Scholar discusses Black Power, Lowndes County book
...Georgia scholars Anne Permaloff and Carl Grafton, desegregation did not occur in Lowndes County until an order by Federal Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. in February 1966, just six months after the Black Power movement began in Lowndes County.
In this article: Lowndes County, Alabama, California, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Black Panther Party, University of Georgia, and Ohio State University
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Wikipedia | September 14, 2009
Frank Minis Johnson
Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. (born October 30, 1918 in Haleyville, Alabama - July 23, 1999 in Montgomery, Alabama) United States Federal judge, made a number of landmark civil rights rulings that helped end segregation in the South. In the words...
In this article: Jimmy Carter, Alabama, University of Alabama, George C. Wallace, Bill Moyers, Waves, University of Alabama School of Law, and World War II
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Wikipedia | August 08, 2009
James B. Adams
...FBI director Clarence M. Kelley announced his intention to retire and on September 30, 1977 President Jimmy Carter nominated Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama to the post.
In this article: James B. Adams, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Texas, William H. Webster, Jimmy Carter, Clarence M. Kelley, World War II, Baylor University, U.S. Army, and Frank M. Johnson, Jr.
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Wikipedia | August 03, 2009
Raymond D. Fowler
...interpretation for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. He was appointed in 1976 by Federal District Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. to direct a court - ordered prison reform program that included assessing every prisoner in the...
In this article: Psychology, University of Alabama, American Psychological Association, Alabama, and Coal
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washingtonpost.com | July 16, 2009
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh Testifies at Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearings
...him. And he was actually one of my mentors when I went on the southern district bench. I was sworn in as FBI director by Judge Frank Johnson, who, as someone has mentioned here before, was a legendary judicial hero from Winston County,...
In this article: Louis Freeh, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Attorney, Constance Baker Motley, Sonia Sotomayor, and New York
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Wikipedia | June 02, 2009
Edward Earl Carnes
...by George H. W. Bush on January 27, 1992 for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to a seat vacated by Frank Minis Johnson. To Carnes' opponents, he was a poor choice to succeed Judge Johnson, a hero of the civil...
In this article: Edward Earl Carnes, Alabama, Supreme Court of the United States, George H. W. Bush, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Morris Dees, and Defendant
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Flopping Aces | January 22, 2009
The Republican Party Needs an Image Makeover
...decision in Brown v. Board of Education, and pledge to continue segregation June 5, 1956 Republican federal judge Frank Johnson rules in favor of Rosa Parks in decision striking down "blacks in the back of the bus" law October 19,...
In this article: Democrat Party, Republican Party, Dwight Eisenhower, Abraham Lincoln, Ku Klux Klan, U.S. Senate, U.S. Supreme Court, and Democratic Party
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www.washingtonpost.com | November 28, 2006
Hastings, Harman Rejected for Chairmanship
...conduct was premeditated, deliberate and contrived," wrote the committee, whose most prominent member was U.S. District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr., famous for rulings integrating Alabama's public institutions. When the Hastings case...
In this article: Alcee L. Hastings, Jane Harman, Nancy Pelosi, John Conyers Jr., Miami, Florida, and Florida
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 17, 2006
Taking Enron to Task
...-- in 15 federal jury trials, colleague Wayne Gross said. The Yale Law School graduate served as a clerk for federal Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr., whose landmark rulings on integration in the South made him a hero to civil rights pioneers.
In this article: Enron, Kenneth L. Lay, Jeffrey K. Skilling, Chicago, Houston, and U.S. attorneys
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Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. (born October 30, 1918 in Haleyville, Alabama - July 23, 1999 in Montgomery, Alabama) United States Federal judge, made a number of landmark civil rights rulings that helped end segregation in the South. In the words of Bill Moyers, he "altered forever the face of the South."
- Birth Date:
- October 30, 1918
- Birthplace:
- Haleyville, Alabama, USA
- Place of Death:
- Montgomery, Alabama, USA
- Nationality:
- American
- Spouse:
- Ruth
- University Attended:
- University of Alabama
- Nominated By:
- President Carter
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