Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Noah Parden | Order In The Court | Part 3
Hidden Legal Figures
Hidden Legal Figures rediscovers the untold stories of the legal efforts that have shaped the American story. Each week, a new episode featuring nationally recognized experts in law and history help us understand all about the heroic and vital legal efforts that changed the fate of a nation. More than a Podcast. We’re an oral museum.™
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There is a lot more to the civil rights movement than marches, demonstrations, and memorable speeches. Each of these elements were accompanied - and preceded - by legal efforts that set the tone and the stage for the changes that were needed.
Few people know much about the heroic and vital contributions that lawyers and judges made to the Civil Rights Movement and Hidden Legal Figures rediscovers those untold stories in a way that is entertaining, educational, and compelling.
As host, I get to bring to you a wider view and greater understanding of one of the most pivotal moments in our nation's history.
Hidden Legal Figures is more than a podcast, we’re an oral museum™ and our episodes are like exhibits. And the best exhibits - the best lessons - are the legal efforts associated with the Civil Rights Movement. We invite you to step inside and listen to the legal efforts have shaped the whole American story.
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Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
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This week we continue our discussion about one of the most important and little-known cases in American history, the case of Ed Johnson, who in 1906 was falsely accused of rape in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Legal Figure Bio:
Noah Walter Parden (c. 1868 – February 23, 1944) was an American attorney and politician who was active in Chattanooga, Tennessee, East St. Louis, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri between 1891 and 1940. In 1906 he became one of the first African-American attorneys to serve as lead counsel in a case before the United States Supreme Court, and he was among the first to make an oral argument before the Court. In 1935 he became the first African American to be appointed to the position of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, a public office, in St. Louis.
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Terrass “Razz” Misher, Producer, Podcast-on-the-Go, LLC
Mia Mance, Social Media Communications, Mia Talks, LLC
Marvin Cummings, Special Voice Talent
Derrick Alexander Pope, J.D., Host
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Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
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This week Mark Curriden shares with us the compelling story of a 1906 legal drama that started with a false arrest for rape, a shameful trial that was chock full of abuse and gross injustice, and a lawyer named Noah Parden who along with the United States Supreme Court, made respect for the rule of law a gift to future generations of Americans.
Guest Bio:
Mark Curriden is a lawyer/journalist and founder of The Texas Lawbook. In addition, he is a contributing legal correspondent for The Houston Chronicle and the Dallas Business Journal.
Mark is the author of the best selling book Contempt of Court: A Turn-of-the-Century Lynching That Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism. The book received the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award and numerous other honors. He also is a frequent lecturer at bar associations, law firm retreats, judicial conferences and other events. His CLE presentations have been approved for ethics credit in nearly every state.
From 1988 to 1994, Mark was the legal affairs writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he covered the Georgia Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He authored a three-part series of articles that exposed rampant use of drug dealers and criminals turned paid informants by local and federal law enforcement authorities, which led to Congressional oversight hearings. A related series of articles by Mark contributed to a wrongly convicted death row inmate being freed.
Mark’s book, Contempt of Court, tells the story of Ed Johnson, a young black man from Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1906. Johnson was falsely accused of rape, railroaded through the criminal justice system, found guilty and sentenced to death – all in three weeks. Two African-American lawyers stepped forward to represent Johnson on appeal. In doing so, they filed one of the first federal habeas petitions ever attempted in a state criminal case. The lawyers convinced the Supreme Court of the United States to stay Johnson’s execution. But before they could have him released, a lynch mob, aided by the sheriff and his deputies, lynched Johnson. Angered, the Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the sheriff and leaders of the mob, charging them with contempt of the Supreme Court. It is the only time in U.S. history that the Supreme Court conducted a criminal trial.
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Mia Mance, Social Media Communications, Mia Talks, LLC
Marvin Cummings, Special Voice Talent
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Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
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In this special episode closing out our commemoration of Women's History Month, we pay tribute to Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, one of the most accomplished lawyers of the twentieth century. In 1918, she became the first woman to earn a Ph.D. (Economics) from the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1927 she was the first woman to receive a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Practicing alongside her husband, Raymond Pace Alexander, also a lawyer, she made significant contributions to the cause of civil rights, most notably with her economic analysis of New Deal Regulations and public works projects, and as a member of the 1947 President's Commission on Civil Rights. Mrs. Alexander, who passed in 1989, was the first national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, serving from 1919 to 1923.
Special thanks to Sydney A. Pope for her portrayal of Mrs. Alexander.
For additional reference, read Sadie T.M. Alexander, The Best of Times and The Worst of Times, The University of Pennsylvania Law Alumni Journal, 1977; Kenneth W. Mack, Rethinking Civil Rights Lawyering and Politics in the Era before Brown, 115 Yale L.J. 256 (2005); Kenneth W. Mack, Representing the Race: The Creation of the Civil Rights Lawyer (Harvard University Press 2012).
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Mia Mance, Social Media Communications, Mia Talks, LLC
Marvin Cummings, Special Voice Talent
Derrick Alexander Pope, J.D., Host
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Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
Tuesday Mar 24, 2020
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In 1939, Jane Matilda Bolin became the first African American female judge in the nation's history. As a judge, serving forty years in the Domestic Relations Court in New York City, Judge Bolin made great strides in protecting the rights of children. In honor of Women's History Month, we highlight the outstanding career of this noteworthy legal figure.
Special thanks to Sydney A. Pope for her voice portrayal of Judge Jane Bolin.