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- NEGRO JUDGESHIPS AT RECORD HIGH. // Ebony;Jul1962, Vol. 17 Issue 9, p79
The article focuses on the increasing number of Black judges in the U.S. It reveals that there are 68 Black judges in courts as of 1962, which indicates that their number more than doubled in 10 years. It also mentions that highest ranking Black jurists are federal judges William H. Hastie and...
- WILLIAM HASTIE: GRACE UNDER PRESSURE (Book). // New Yorker;3/11/85, Vol. 61 Issue 3, p137
Reviews the book "William Hastie: Grace Under Pressure," by Gilbert Ware.
- Hastie, William Henry (1904-1976). Wynn, Linda T. // Freedom Facts & Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil ;2009, p143
A profile of African American lawyer William Henry Hastie in the U.S. is presented. Hastie was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on November 17, 1904. He became the president of Amherst's Phi Beta Kappa chapter. He was appointed by President Franklin Delano Rossevelt as judge of the Federal District...
- AMERICAN ALL-STARS. // Weekly Reader News - Senior;2/19/2010, Vol. 88 Issue 17, p7
A quiz about naming the American All-Stars, who was the first African American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, with photograph on clue card number 16 is presented.
- This Week In Black History. // Jet;5/13/2002, Vol. 101 Issue 21, p25
Focuses on events which are significant in the history of African-Americans, including the inauguration of William H. Hastie as the first Black governor of the Virgin Islands on May 7, 1946.
- Chronicles of black courage. Bennett Jr., Lerone // Ebony;Sep1994, Vol. 49 Issue 11, p72
Focuses on William Henry Hastie's resignation as a civilian aide to the secretary of war in 1943. Protest against racism; Educational and career background; Demands for desegregation and opportunities for black officials and specialists; Implications of Jim Crow policies; Changes in the Army...
- The Steel Injunction. Pollak, Louis H. // New Republic;11/23/59, Vol. 141 Issue 21, p6
The article discusses the supreme court's decision in Taft-Hartley steel injunction case. It was the conviction that the injunction would not expedite settlement of the strike which led Circuit Judge William H. Hastie to dissent, in the Court of Appeals, from his colleagues' affirmance of the...
- The Steel Injunction. Pollak, Louis H. // New Republic;11/23/59, Vol. 141 Issue 21, p6
The article discusses the supreme court's decision in Taft-Hartley steel injunction case. It was the conviction that the injunction would not expedite settlement of the strike which led Circuit Judge William H. Hastie to dissent, in the Court of Appeals, from his colleagues' affirmance of the...
- A look into the psyche of Justice Clarence Thomas. Richardson, Gwen Daye // Headway;Nov/Dec98, Vol. 10 Issue 9, p6
Profiles United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the youngest Afro-American justice on the country's highest court. Insults hurled at Thomas by his adversaries; Assessment of an accurate look into Justice Thomas' psyche.
