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Name: Hugo Lafayette Black
Birth Date: February 27, 1886
Death Date: September 25, 1971
Place of Birth: Clay County, Alabama, United States
Place of Death: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: jurist

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Biography of Hugo Lafayette Black
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The American jurist Hugo Lafayette Black (1886-1971) was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court. Associate Justice Black was an ardent New Dealer and led the liberal and activist wing of the Court for more than 32...


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Hugo Black Information
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Hugo LaFayette Black (February 27, 1886–September 25, 1971) was an American politician and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, Black represented the state of Alabama in the United States Senate from 1926 to 1937, and served as an Associate...


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Constitutional Commentary
Hugo Black: A Biography. (book reviews)
12/22/1995: 8,168 words, approx. 27 pages
Hugo Black was one of the most enigmatic of a notably enigmatic generation of New Deal Southern Democrats that rose to national power in the thick of this century. Lyndon Johnson had his towering contradictions, but even those did not surpass Black's. The...
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The Virginia Quarterly Review
Hugo Black and Thomas Jefferson
07/01/2003: 3,650 words, approx. 12 pages
Among high-ranking public officials in the United States during the 20th century, none was a more ardent admirer of Thomas Jefferson than Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black. Few, if any, looked to Jefferson for inspiration and guidance on important public issues to the...
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AP Features
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10/4/2007: 1,040 words, approx. 4 pages
Hugo Black IIIMIAMI (AP) _ Assistant U.S. Attorney Hugo Black III, who shared a name with his grandfather the former U.S. Supreme Court Justice, died Saturday. He was 54.Colleagues at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami confirmed that Black died from intestinal bleeding at his...
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The New York Observer
Modest Abilities Trump Modesty of Inclination
10/16/2005: 996 words, approx. 3 pages
My first reaction after President George W. Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court was: Ohmigod. My second was: Why do we care so much? Begin with ohmigod. I don’t want to be here, and I resent Mr. Bush for putting...
 


 

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