Projects » Legal Cases that Changed America » Profiles

Profiles belonging to this project

Photo
Actions

Judge Henry Rogers Selden MP (1805 - 1885)

Judge Henry Rogers Selden Successfully defended Susan B. Anthony in her the United States v. Anthony voting rights case. Find A Grave Memorial ID # 7683012 Henry Rogers Selden - Wiki

Added On:
9/8/2012
2/4/2023
Added On:
9/8/2012

Judge Henry Rogers Selden MP (1805 - 1885)

Judge Henry Rogers Selden Successfully defended Susan B. Anthony in her the United States v. Anthony voting rights case. Find A Grave Memorial ID # 7683012 Henry Rogers Selden - Wiki

2/4/2023

Hon. Roger Sherman Baldwin U.S. Senator, Governor of Connecticut and defense counsel for the Amistad Slaves Roger Sherman Baldwin (January 4, 1793 – February 19, 1863) was an American lawyer (offi...

Added On:
3/11/2009
2/4/2023
Added On:
3/11/2009

Hon. Roger Sherman Baldwin U.S. Senator, Governor of Connecticut and defense counsel for the Amistad Slaves Roger Sherman Baldwin (January 4, 1793 – February 19, 1863) was an American lawyer (offi...

2/4/2023

Pleasants (1723–1801) was an American educator and abolitionist. He was born in Henrico County, Virginia and became a plantation owner and operator of Robert Pleasants & Co., a consignment tobacco expo...

Added On:
7/4/2020
10/8/2020
Added On:
7/4/2020

Pleasants (1723–1801) was an American educator and abolitionist. He was born in Henrico County, Virginia and became a plantation owner and operator of Robert Pleasants & Co., a consignment tobacco expo...

10/8/2020

Dame Olivia de Havilland MP (1916 - 2020)

Olivia Mary de Havilland (born 1 July 1916, died 25 July 2020) was a two-time Academy Award-winning actress. She was the older sister of actress Joan Fontaine, also an Academy Award winner. Along with ...

Added On:
3/18/2009
7/27/2020
Added On:
3/18/2009

Dame Olivia de Havilland MP (1916 - 2020)

Olivia Mary de Havilland (born 1 July 1916, died 25 July 2020) was a two-time Academy Award-winning actress. She was the older sister of actress Joan Fontaine, also an Academy Award winner. Along with ...

7/27/2020

William Robinson III (July 26, 1916 – October 11, 1998) was an American educator, civil rights attorney, and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Colu...

Added On:
7/5/2020
7/5/2020
Added On:
7/5/2020

William Robinson III (July 26, 1916 – October 11, 1998) was an American educator, civil rights attorney, and a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Colu...

7/5/2020

Frank Collin / Frank Joseph MP

"Frank Joseph", "Frank Collin"

Frank Collin is an American former political activist and Midwest coordinator with the National Socialist White People's Party, later known as the American Nazi Party. After being ousted for being part...

Added On:
8/10/2018
1/8/2020
Added On:
8/10/2018

Frank Collin / Frank Joseph MP

"Frank Joseph", "Frank Collin"

Frank Collin is an American former political activist and Midwest coordinator with the National Socialist White People's Party, later known as the American Nazi Party. After being ousted for being part...

1/8/2020

John Punch MP (bef.1605 - aft.1640)

"“First slave in America", "” João", "Bunch", "Bunche"

Biography retrieved 19 September 2019 from Wikipedia article (link below) John Punch (fl. 1630s, living 1640) was an enslaved African who lived in the Colony of Virginia. Thought to have been an inde...

Added On:
7/31/2012
9/19/2019
Added On:
7/31/2012

John Punch MP (bef.1605 - aft.1640)

"“First slave in America", "” João", "Bunch", "Bunche"

Biography retrieved 19 September 2019 from Wikipedia article (link below) John Punch (fl. 1630s, living 1640) was an enslaved African who lived in the Colony of Virginia. Thought to have been an inde...

9/19/2019

Dr. Thea Clara Spyer MP (1931 - 2009)

Thea Spyer was born in Amsterdam on October 8, 1931, to a wealthy Jewish family that escaped the Holocaust by fleeing to the United States before the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands. Spyer enrolled at...

Added On:
9/12/2017
9/12/2017
Added On:
9/12/2017

Dr. Thea Clara Spyer MP (1931 - 2009)

Thea Spyer was born in Amsterdam on October 8, 1931, to a wealthy Jewish family that escaped the Holocaust by fleeing to the United States before the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands. Spyer enrolled at...

9/12/2017

Edith "Edie" Windsor MP (1929 - 2017)

Edith "Edie" Windsor was an American lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights activist and a former technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United...

Added On:
9/12/2017
9/12/2017
Added On:
9/12/2017

Edith "Edie" Windsor MP (1929 - 2017)

Edith "Edie" Windsor was an American lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights activist and a former technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court of the United...

9/12/2017

Norma Leah McCorvey MP (1947 - 2017)

"Jane Roe"

Wiki - Norma McCorvey Norma Leah McCorvey (née Nelson; September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v....

Added On:
2/18/2017
2/18/2017
Added On:
2/18/2017

Norma Leah McCorvey MP (1947 - 2017)

"Jane Roe"

Wiki - Norma McCorvey Norma Leah McCorvey (née Nelson; September 22, 1947 – February 18, 2017), better known by the legal pseudonym "Jane Roe", was the plaintiff in the landmark American lawsuit Roe v....

2/18/2017

Moses Wright MP (1892 - 1977)

"Mose", "Preacher"

Mose Wright is best-remembered as the great uncle of Emmett Till, a 14-year old boy from Chicago who was viciously beaten and murdered in Mississippi during the summer of 1955 by two white men for alle...

Added On:
2/10/2017
2/10/2017
Added On:
2/10/2017

Moses Wright MP (1892 - 1977)

"Mose", "Preacher"

Mose Wright is best-remembered as the great uncle of Emmett Till, a 14-year old boy from Chicago who was viciously beaten and murdered in Mississippi during the summer of 1955 by two white men for alle...

2/10/2017

Emmett Louis Till MP (1941 - 1955)

"Bobo"

Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25, 1941 - August 28, 1955) was an African-American teenager from Chicago, Illinois who died in what has been characterized as a "brutal murder" in a region of Mississipp...

Added On:
2/10/2017
2/10/2017
Added On:
2/10/2017

Emmett Louis Till MP (1941 - 1955)

"Bobo"

Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till (July 25, 1941 - August 28, 1955) was an African-American teenager from Chicago, Illinois who died in what has been characterized as a "brutal murder" in a region of Mississipp...

2/10/2017

Hon. Julius Waties Waring MP (1880 - 1968)

Julius Waties Waring (July 27, 1880 – January 11, 1968) was a United States federal judge who played an important role in the early legal battles of the American Civil Rights Movement. ===Biographical ...

Added On:
2/12/2009
1/16/2017
Added On:
2/12/2009

Hon. Julius Waties Waring MP (1880 - 1968)

Julius Waties Waring (July 27, 1880 – January 11, 1968) was a United States federal judge who played an important role in the early legal battles of the American Civil Rights Movement. ===Biographical ...

1/16/2017

Elouise Cobell MP (1945 - 2011)

Native American Leader. An elder of the Niitsi'tapi people, she worked as treasurer of the Blackfeet Nation. In addition to treasurer, she served as executive director of the Native American Community ...

Added On:
3/10/2016
11/16/2016
Added On:
3/10/2016

Elouise Cobell MP (1945 - 2011)

Native American Leader. An elder of the Niitsi'tapi people, she worked as treasurer of the Blackfeet Nation. In addition to treasurer, she served as executive director of the Native American Community ...

11/16/2016

Hans Lewy MP (1904 - 1988)

Hans Lewy (20 October 1904 – 23 August 1988) was a German born American mathematician, known for his work on partial differential equations and on the theory of functions of several complex variables. ...

Added On:
12/26/2008
10/15/2016
Added On:
12/26/2008

Hans Lewy MP (1904 - 1988)

Hans Lewy (20 October 1904 – 23 August 1988) was a German born American mathematician, known for his work on partial differential equations and on the theory of functions of several complex variables. ...

10/15/2016

Robert Mapplethorpe MP (1946 - 1989)

Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his sensitive yet blunt treatment of controversial subject-matter in the large-scale, highly stylized black and white medium of photography. ...

Added On:
7/31/2014
10/10/2016
Added On:
7/31/2014

Robert Mapplethorpe MP (1946 - 1989)

Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his sensitive yet blunt treatment of controversial subject-matter in the large-scale, highly stylized black and white medium of photography. ...

10/10/2016

Dred Scott, famous slave MP (1799 - 1858)

From "Dred Scott's fight for freedom, 1846 - 1857" PBS.org Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case wa...

Added On:
10/11/2014
2/1/2016
Added On:
10/11/2014

Dred Scott, famous slave MP (1799 - 1858)

From "Dred Scott's fight for freedom, 1846 - 1857" PBS.org Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case wa...

2/1/2016

Ryan White MP (1971 - 1990)

Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13. He and his mother Jeanne White Ginder fought for his right to attend school, gaining international attention as a voice of reason about HIV/AIDS. At the ag...

Added On:
7/8/2015
10/14/2015
Added On:
7/8/2015

Ryan White MP (1971 - 1990)

Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS at age 13. He and his mother Jeanne White Ginder fought for his right to attend school, gaining international attention as a voice of reason about HIV/AIDS. At the ag...

10/14/2015

Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first...

Added On:
5/31/2010
6/7/2015
Added On:
5/31/2010

Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first...

6/7/2015

Fortas, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born in Memphis, the son of an English-born Orthodox Jew and cabinetmaker. While attending high school, Fortas worked nights at a shoe ...

Added On:
8/28/2011
4/14/2015
Added On:
8/28/2011

Fortas, associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, was born in Memphis, the son of an English-born Orthodox Jew and cabinetmaker. While attending high school, Fortas worked nights at a shoe ...

4/14/2015