Damon Keith

E437157

Damon Keith was a prominent American federal judge and civil rights advocate who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Damon Keith canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American jurist
civil rights advocate
federal judge
human
judge
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws
Master of Laws
appointedBy Jimmy Carter
Lyndon B. Johnson
awardReceived American Bar Association Spirit of Excellence Award
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Thurgood Marshall Award
Spingarn Medal
causeOfDeath leukemia
conflictParticipatedIn World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1922-07-04
dateOfDeath 2019-04-28
educatedAt Howard University School of Law
Wayne State University Law School
West Virginia State College
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Keith
fullName Damon Jerome Keith
givenName Damon
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom Howard University
Michigan State University
Wayne State University
knownFor civil rights jurisprudence
defending voting rights
landmark decisions on school desegregation
opposition to government surveillance without warrants
memberOf American Bar Association
National Bar Association
militaryService United States Army
nominatedToOffice United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
notableQuote Democracies die behind closed doors.
notableWork Detroit school desegregation cases
United States v. Sinclair
placeOfBirth Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States
positionHeld Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
religion Baptist
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States
workLocation Detroit, Michigan, United States

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) notableBurial Damon Keith