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George William Crockett Jr. (* 10. August 1909 in Jacksonville, Florida; † 7. September 1997 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1980 und 1991 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Michigan im US-Repräsentantenhaus .
George William Crockett Jr. (August 10, 1909 – September 7, 1997) was an African-American attorney, jurist, and congressman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He also served as a national vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild and co-founded what is believed to be the first racially integrated law firm in the United States.
15. Sept. 1997 · George W. Crockett Jr., a civil rights warrior who went over the top so often in the battle for racial justice that he earned a decade of bemused retirement in Congress, died on Sept. 7 at a...
George William Crockett Jr. (* 10. August 1909 in Jacksonville, Florida; † 7. September 1997 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker. Zwischen 1980 und 1991 vertrat er den Bundesstaat Michigan im US-Repräsentantenhaus.
Crockett was a major figure in the Mississippi voting project, serving as the head of the project's legal defense team. After a lengthy tenure as a criminal court judge in Detroit, Crockett was elected to five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He died at the age of 88 in 1997.
An attorney by profession, Crockett was the first African-American examiner appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a government labor board in 1943. He later worked as a labor union activist in the struggle to bring fair employment practices to the automobile manufacturing industry; then he became widely known as a civil rights lawyer.
8. Aug. 2023 · Crockett (1909-1997) was the grandson of an enslaved African descendant but the son of a union father, a skilled carpenter and member of the Black Carpenters Union. His commitment to justice...
