Hugo Black

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Justice
gptkbp:appointed_by gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Bar_Association_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birth_date February 27, 1886
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Hale_County,_Alabama
gptkb:Birmingham,_Alabama
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Arlington_National_Cemetery
gptkbp:career_start gptkb:1971
1937
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mary_Black
gptkb:Robert_Black
gptkb:James_Black
gptkb:William_Black
gptkb:Hugo_Black_Jr.
gptkbp:death_date September 25, 1971
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Alabama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hugo Black
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:legacy Judicial activism
Support for free speech
Support for the rights of the accused
Support for the separation of church and state
Civil liberties advocate
Influence on modern constitutional law
gptkbp:legal_framework gptkb:lawyer
First Amendment rights
Due process
Justice of the Supreme Court
Equal protection under the law
Strict constructionism
gptkbp:nominated_for gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:notable_quote " The First Amendment has a dual purpose: to protect the individual and to protect the public."
" The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously."
" The Constitution is not a mere parchment barrier."
" The law is not a mere matter of words; it is a matter of the spirit."
gptkbp:office U. S. Senator from Alabama
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Baptist
gptkbp:reviews gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan
gptkb:Engel_v._Vitale
gptkb:Gideon_v._Wainwright
gptkb:Miranda_v._Arizona
gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:signature Hugo Black signature
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Black
gptkbp:term_end 1937
gptkbp:term_end_supreme_court gptkb:1971
gptkbp:term_start gptkb:1927
gptkbp:term_start_supreme_court 1937
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Benjamin_Cardozo
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
gptkb:73rd_United_States_Congress
gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Justice_Benjamin_Cardozo
gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:67th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:68th_United_States_Congress
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4