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William Hastie

Name: William Hastie
Author: Gilbert Ware
ISBN: 9780195032987

Gilbert Ware · 1985 · 305 pages

Traces the career of Hastie, the first Black federal judge, describes his education and civil rights activities, and discusses his influence on voting rights and the desegregation of the military

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Orin Kerr
“I’ve been reading this 1985 biography of William Hastie, and it’s fascinating. Someone should make a movie of his life. (Interestingly, the book ends with Hastie’s appointment to the Third Circuit in 1949, so there’s nothing about his being considered for SCOTUS,which JFK did.)”↗

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Orin Kerr