William H. Hastie

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:advocatesFor Equal_rights_for_African_Americans
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:U.S._Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Third_Circuit
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_New_York
gptkb:Amherst_College_Alumni
gptkb:Howard_University_School_of_Law
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Maryland
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Delaware
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:Harvard_Law_Review
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Massachusetts
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Virginia
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Rhode_Island
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_Illinois
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_Fourth_Circuit
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_Western_District_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Connecticut
gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NAACP_Spingarn_Medal
gptkbp:born November 17, 1904
gptkbp:children William_H._Hastie_Jr.
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:died January 14, 1976
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:Amherst_College
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:U.S._District_Court_for_the_Virgin_Islands
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William H. Hastie
gptkbp:influenced Future generations of lawyers
Judicial philosophy on race relations
Legal_education_for_African_Americans
Judicial_appointments_of_African_Americans
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkbp:issuedBy gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:knownFor Civil rights advocacy
gptkbp:legacy Pioneer_for_African_American_judges
gptkbp:members gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkb:National_Bar_Association
gptkbp:militaryRank Captain
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Hastie_v._United_States
gptkb:Hastie_v._Virgin_Islands
gptkbp:notableFor First_African_American_federal_judge_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Judge
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Nashville,_Tennessee
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:John_A._Danaher
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._Army
Governor_of_the_U.S._Virgin_Islands
Assistant_U.S._Attorney_General
gptkbp:spouse Evelyn_Hastie
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Robert_C._Weaver
gptkbp:wrote Legal opinions on civil rights cases