U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse) National Historic Landmark Nomination

Ford G and Salvatore SC. 2015. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse) National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 98000611_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC

This document is the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse) in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama. The NHL nomination for the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 1 and 2 for association with the preeminent role of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Fifth Circuit appellate judges Richard T. Rives and John R. Brown, and District Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. in the modern civil rights movement. These courts' rulings fostered and implemented nationally significant civil rights legislation, developing jurisprudence that dealt effectively with massive resistance and obstructionism in the South. Judges Rives, Brown, and Johnson led the courts through new legal territory during a decade of social upheaval and the judicial remaking of the South. The period of national significance is 1956-1967.

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Published Report
Authors
Ford, Gene; Salvatore, Susan
Date of Issue
2015-07-21
Publisher
National Park Service
Keywords
Alabama, civil rights, courthouse, desegregation, Frank M. Johnson, John R. Brown, judicial, legal, Montgomery, National Historic Landmark, Richard T. Rives, South, voting rights

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