William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Thaddeus_Coleman_Jr.
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1920-07-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Lovida_Coleman
gptkbp:deathDate 2017-03-31
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:United_States_Army_Air_Forces
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:notableFor civil rights advocacy
first African American Secretary of Transportation
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education_(legal_team)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
government position
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Judge_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Military_Commission_Review
gptkb:United_States_Secretary_of_Transportation
gptkbp:president gptkb:Gerald_Ford
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lovida_Hardin_Coleman
gptkbp:termEnd 1977
gptkbp:termStart 1975
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_T._Coleman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5