U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Elbert Parr Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building) National Historic Landmark Nomination

Ford G and Salvatore SC. 2015. U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Elbert Parr Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building) National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 74000681_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC

This document is the National Historic Landmark (NHL) nomination for the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (Elbert Parr Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building) in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. The NHL nomination for the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse in Atlanta documents its national significance under NHL Criteria 1 and 2 for association with the preeminent role of the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and Judge Elbert Parr Tuttle in reshaping the South during the modern civil rights movement. This court bore the great bulk of enforcing Brown v. Board of Education after the U.S. Supreme Court rendered its historic decisions in 1954 and 1955. Judge Tuttle's administrative leadership, along with his innovative jurisprudence, secured justice without delays. The period of national significance is 1960-1966.

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Published Report
Authors
Ford, Gene; Salvatore, Susan
Date of Issue
2015-07-21
Publisher
National Park Service
Keywords
Atlanta, civil rights, courthouse, desegregation, Elbert Parr Tuttle, Georgia, judicial, legal, National Historic Landmark, South, voting rights

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