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Hidden Legal FiguresDerrick Alexander Pope, J.D., HostTerrass Misher, ProducerTo find out more about Hidden Legal Figures, or to support the podcast, go www.hiddenlegalfigures.com. Be sure to catch REVEALED: BEHIND THE HIDDEN LEGAL FIGURES
The Dred Scott case was the straw that broke the camel’s back. America spent the first half of the nineteenth century grappling with the issue of slavery and how the peculiar institution would be handled. Scott v. Sanford was the culmination of
All the polls have been taken. All the fundraising dollars have been spent. And all the votes have been cast. Do the 2020 elections remind us of an earlier American period? Does it offer lessons we should have learned before? In this episode, w
Grandfather clauses, literacy tests, and poll taxes became the tools of disenfranchisement. But all across the nation, lawyers quickly went to work defying the odds to dismantle those efforts. In this episode, we highlight the major cases that
The 1876 Presidential Election marked the official beginning of the end of Reconstruction. Shortly after, many southern states changed their constitutions to set forth legal barriers to the right to vote. Economic insecurity and waves of violen
Today we take a break from our regular episodes to remind you that your vote matters. Just like the lawyers we feature, our host is following their example and volunteering today as a lawyer observer at many precincts. We hope all Hidden Legal
Join us for our first expert panel discussion on contemporary challenges to voting concerns. Panel Participants:Tharon JohnsonTharon Johnson is the founder and CEO of Paramount Consulting Group, a firm specializing in media relations, gove
Should the newly freedmen have the right to vote? Yes, said the Reconstruction Congress, and with the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, the problem is solved.Or is it?This episode features the outstanding vocal talents of Marvin Cummings po
To be readmitted to the Union, states who had been part of the rebellion had to establish new constitutions with protections for the newly freed black people. Georgia held a constitutional convention in 1868 which produced some startling result
What’s next now that the war between the states is over? Among the biggest concerns facing the republic is what to do with the newly freed slaves – and how to do it. Black voting rights becomes one of the main goals of the Reconstruction era. I
After the Civil War, the nation set about the hard work of correcting the inequities of the political, social, and economic legacy of slavery and to solve the problem of getting the southern states readmitted to the Union. This period of Americ
The deaths of unarmed black people have sparked nationwide demonstration and dialogue. Following in the tradition of the great civil rights lawyers like Thurgood Marshall, Constance Baker Motley, and countless others, there are legal warriors d
Description:Special Commentary Episode regarding killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud ArberySupport The Podcast:If you enjoy Hidden Legal Figures The Podcast, you can support us by donating here and by leaving a review here
Description:On April 4, 1968, six lawyers came to the aid of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a Federal District Court in Memphis, Tennessee. We visited W. J. Michael “Mike” Cody - one of the lawyers - in October 2019 at his law office in Memphi
Description:This week, we shine the spotlight on James Weldon Johnson. Many know him as the author of Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing, but Johnson was also a lawyer and Executive Secretary of the NAACP. In September 1925, a black physician purchased
Description:This week, Mark Curriden completes his discussion of the 1906 saga of Ed Johnson and the lawyer Noah Parden.Guest Bio:Mark Curriden Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contr
Description:In Part 3, Mark Curriden takes us inside the United States Supreme Court as the 1906 saga of the Ed Johnson case makes its way to the nation's highest Court and how Noah Parden and Styles Hitchins made legal history.Legal Figure
Description:This week we continue our discussion about one of the most important and little-known cases in American history, the case of Ed Johnson, who in 1906 was falsely accused of rape in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Legal Figure Bio:Noah Wa
Description:This week Mark Curriden shares with us the compelling story of a 1906 legal drama that started with a false arrest for rape, a shameful trial that was chock full of abuse and gross injustice, and a lawyer named Noah Parden who alon
Description:In this special episode closing out our commemoration of Women's History Month, we pay tribute to Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, one of the most accomplished lawyers of the twentieth century. In 1918, she became the first woman to
Description:In 1939, Jane Matilda Bolin became the first African American female judge in the nation's history. As a judge, serving forty years in the Domestic Relations Court in New York City, Judge Bolin made great strides in protecting the
Description:Of the more than 250 cases she handled while at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the James Meredith case was perhaps the most noteworthy effort by Constance Baker Motley. In this episode, we take an in-depth look at how the case start
Description:Constance Baker Motley was one of the most important civil rights lawyers of the twentieth century. Tapped by Thurgood Marshall early in 1945 to join the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, she was involved in more than 200 cases as either l
Description:Constance Baker Motley was one of the most important civil rights lawyers of the twentieth century. Tapped by Thurgood Marshall in 1945 to join the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, she was involved in more than 200 cases as either lead co
Description:For The Record Roll Call highlights some little known accomplishments made by black lawyers before Black History Month was established.Support The Podcast:If you enjoy Hidden Legal Figures The Podcast, you can support us by don
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