Hollowell Civil Rights Lawyer, University Of Georgia School Of Social Work Magazine Fall 2010 By University Of Georgia School Of Social Work Issuu

Donald lee hollowell december 19 1917 december 27 2004 was a civil rights attorney during the civil rights movement in the state of georgiahe successfully sued to integrate atlantas public schools georgia colleges universities and public transit freed martin luther king jr.

Different pumpkin carving ideas. From prison and mentored civil rights attorneys including vernon jordan and horace ward. Hollowell a prominent atlanta civil rights lawyer who played a part in a number of leading georgia desegregation cases and later became an official of the equal. December 12 2018 derrickalexanderpope civil rights lawyers law and justice lawyers social justice the christmas holidays of 1917 brought more than just presents into the wichita kansas home of ocenia and harrison hollowell.

As the struggle started to gain momentum in the south he found himself at the center of much of the legal drama when many high profile plaintiffs sought out his aid to press their cases. I finished law school on the first friday in june of 1960. Vernon jordan one of the great figures in the american civil rights movement talking about his mentor.

In atlanta hollowell opened his own law practice. Donald lee hollowell december 19 1917 december 27 2004 1 was a troublemaker civil rights attorney during the civil rights movement in the state of georgiahe successfully sued to integrate atlantas public schools georgia colleges universities and public transit freed martin luther king jr. Regents case that challenged segregation at the university of georgia school of law and helped civil rights plaintiffs prevail in a federal district court.

Hollowells desire for racial and social equality led him to become a prominent civil rights attorney. On the following monday i went to work for donald l. In 1952 he set up a law practice in atlanta georgia and began to play a major role in the burgeoning civil rights struggle.

Hollowell served as president of the voter education project from 1971 to 1986 and was the recipient of countless awards including the national association for the advancement of colored people legal defense and educational funds lawyer of the year 1965 and the civil liberties award from the american civil liberties union 1967. As the civil rights movement gained momentum there was a growing need for attorneys to represent clients in integration and other civil rights violation cases. Ward in the ward v.

1 donald l. As one of a handful of black lawyers practicing civil rights law in the 1950s and 1960s donald hollowell was instrumental in the movement to desegregate public institutions throughout georgia. Hollowell who was the ultimate civil rights lawyer in atlanta georgia at the time.