Hugo L. Black
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Trials, Judges, Lawyers, Supreme Court, U.S.
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present
Article abstract: As a Justice of the Supreme Court, Black sought to define and in some areas extend constitutional protection of civil liberties, while delineating the prerogatives of government; for more than one-third of a century, he propounded the absolute inviolability of the Constitution as the basis of the nation’s jurisprudence.
Early Life
The youngest of eight children, Hugo Lafayette Black was born in Harlan, Alabama, on February 27, 1886. His father, William L. Black, was a country storekeeper who surrendered periodically to bouts of secret...
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