Hugo Black #76 (1886-1971)

Board #367 - Hugo Black #76 (1886-1971)

Hugo was the first appointment for Franklin Delano Roosevelt so he picked a difficult passage. However, it turned out not to be all that difficult as Black passed muster 63/16. The block on Black was expected to come from the fact back had been a member of the Klan, but since he was from the south everyone knew that to be elected to any office it had to have a Klan Member or no election’ Black himself candidly acknowledged without Klan membership he would never have become a Senator. Alabama is the deep south..

Justice Black autographs an undated Chambers Card. There are 5 photographs affixed to the board. 1. Black is observed walking with a friend. 2. Sitting with his son. 3. Exiting some backdoor? 4. Talking on the old antique telephone and 5. Fittingly sitting next to Earl Warren. (when Warren arrived, Black had been a Justice for 17 years.

The board number is :# 367

Offered for: $2300.