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In an interview aired prior to the lecture, Supreme Court Historical Society President Leon Silverman, described the six-part lecture series concerning the impact of the U.S. Civil War on th…

William T. Coleman was the first black law clerk in the U.S. Supreme Court. He clerked for Justice Felix Frankfurter, after which he worked for the NAACP. In 1995 he received the Presidentia…

Justice Clarence Thomas introduced Professor Harold Hyman, who discussed the dynamics between the Supreme Court and the Civil War. He examined four main definitions of a civil war, the perip…

Keith Ann Stiverson, the Project Coordinator for the Supreme Court lecture series on the Civil War, talked about the collaboration between the Supreme Court and co-sponsor The Friends of the…