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Today is my granddaddy’s (Fred D. Gray) 90th birthday. He was Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King’s attorney. Retweet to tell @JoeBiden he deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom because of all the contributions he’s made in America. (A thread)
He integrated @AuburnU when he represented Harold Franklin who was Auburn's first African-American student and enrolled at @AuburnU on Jan. 4, 1964 .
He served as the President of the @nationalbar Association in 1985 .
He was the FIRST Black President of the @AlabamaStateBar in 2001.
In 1970-1974, He was one of the first African Americans to serve in the Alabama Legislature since reconstruction.
In 1956, he argued Browder v. Gayle in front of the United States Supreme Court & WON which integrated the buses in the City of Montgomery.
He argued in front of SCOTUS ONLY two years out of law school.
He argued in front of SCOTUS ONLY two years out of law school.
He integrated the University of Alabama and represented Vivian Malone and James Hood in successfully overturning their denial of admission into @UofAlabama
Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 1
He filed a suit on behalf of the non-consenting subjects of the Study & studied the progression of untreated syphilis in hundreds of Black men living in Tuskegee. The men were not told of the study nor given appropriate medical treatment.
He filed a suit on behalf of the non-consenting subjects of the Study & studied the progression of untreated syphilis in hundreds of Black men living in Tuskegee. The men were not told of the study nor given appropriate medical treatment.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 2
In 1975, he obtained millions of dollars and proper care from the federal government for his surviving clients. In 1997, President @BillClinton offered an apology on the government's behalf and an acknowledgment of what had happened.
In 1975, he obtained millions of dollars and proper care from the federal government for his surviving clients. In 1997, President @BillClinton offered an apology on the government's behalf and an acknowledgment of what had happened.
Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 3
Out of his involvement with the syphilis study case, he became the principal founder of the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center, a nonprofit organization memorializing syphilis study participants.
Out of his involvement with the syphilis study case, he became the principal founder of the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center, a nonprofit organization memorializing syphilis study participants.
When the Freedom Riders reached Montgomery in May 1961, he represent them. He handled the criminal cases in the Alabama courts and also obtained an injunction directing Greyhound, Trailways, and their affiliates to operate their buses and terminals on a desegregated basis.
He obtained a legal order of protection for participants in the Selma March after they were violently beaten by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965.
