However, his history of supporting civil rights causes and pro-Soviet policies brought scrutiny from the FBI. After the war ended, the CAA was placed on the Attorney General's List of Subversive Organizations and Robeson was investigated during the age of McCarthyism. Due to his decision not ...
David. He was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson serving as Attorney General of Ontario and Solicitor General. Along with Robert Nixon and Sean Conway he was considered to be "the intellectual heart and soul" of the Peterson cabinet. J. Timothy Hunt James Timothy Hunt (...
Member of the American Bar Association: In 1911, attorney Butler R. Wilson was admitted to the ABA, followed a few months later by William Henry Lewis and William R. Morris. Editor, Harvard Law Review: Charles Hamilton Houston became the first Black editor of the Harvard Law review in 1919...
he was a civil rights attorney and represented the 13th District in the Illinois Senate for three terms before becoming president. He became one of the most famous world leaders when he assumed office as president
1. First women’s-rights convention meets in Seneca Falls, New York, 1848 In July 1848, some 240 men and women gathered in upstateNew Yorkfor a meeting convened, said organizers, “to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women.” One hundred of the delegates–...
Civil Partnership on January 8, 2006. 1988 Janis Ian (singer, songwriter) Patricia Snyder (criminal defense attorney) 1989 Joe Baldassare (mineral trading company owner) Bill Bartek (real estate agent) In 2001, Joe and Bill placed third as contestants on the widely-seen CBS globe-trotting...
Emhoff, a former entertainment lawyer, proposed the following year, and they tied the knot in San Francisco's City Hall. Emhoff supported Harris' rise to political stardom as she transitioned from district attorney to a United States senator and, of course, VP. Outside of her public-serving ...
“Lover of great narratives in all their forms”) expanded on Estrin’s post, for Raw Story. Two days after that, the civil-libertarian journalist Glenn Greenwald wrote a piece for Salon headlined “Obama Confidant’s Spine-Chilling Proposal.” Greenwald called Sunstein’s paper “truly ...
Janet Reno (1938 - ) Born in Miami, Janet Reno is the first woman to hold the office of Attorney General of the United States, having been nominated to the position by President Bill Clinton. Prior to holding that position, she served as State Attorney for Florida. She may be best remem...
He worked as a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of ...