Background
Black was born in 1922 in Birmingham, Alabama to future United States. Senator from Alabama and Associate Justice of the United States. Supreme Court, Hugo Lafayette Black and Josephine Foster.
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My father, a remembrance
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Hugo Lafayette Black II
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After the younger Black graduated from high school, he went to the University of Alabama until he was drafted into the Army and stayed stateside during World World War World War II He then went back to the University of Alabama and in 1946 graduated with an Bachelor of Arts in English. Then in 1949, he received an Bachelor of Laws from Yale University, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Yale Law Journal and president of Yale Law School Student Association and graduated second in his class.
Career
He was admitted to practice law in the states of Alabama and Florida, as well as several Federal District Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. After graduating from Yale Law, he returned to Birmingham where he began a labor law practice. In 1952, Black considered following in his father’s footsteps by entering politics.
“I definitely had politics in mind,” he wrote in his book about his father.
That year, his father told him to come to Washington, District of Columbia and warned him that if he was elected to Congress he would be under constant political attack at home because the high court would soon have some important decisions dealing with school segregation, according to Justice Black biographer Roger Newman. As a result, the younger Black decided not to run and stayed in Alabama.
He practiced there for over 30 years, and then continued to practice law at the firm Hugo L. Black, Junior., P.A., until his death. Hugo was listed in the Best Lawyers in America for 20 years.
He was a Trustee of the United States. Supreme Court Historical Society (1988–2003), and the Eleventh Circuit Court Historical Society (1987–1992).
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My father, a remembrance
(Hardcover: 273 pages Publisher: Random House; 1st edition...)
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My father, a remembrance
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Membership
Black was a founding member of Kelly, Black, Black & Kenny, in Miami, which later became Kelly, Black, Black, Byrne & Beasley. He was also a life member of the American Law Institute.
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