Sidney Revels Redmond

Sidney Revels Redmond
BornJuly 23, 1902
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
DiedMay 10, 1974
United States
Burial placeValhalla Cemetery,
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Other namesSidney R. Redmond,
S.R. Redmond
EducationHarvard University,
Harvard Law School
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician, civil rights activist
SpouseGladys C. Freeman (m. 1932–1974; death)
Parents
RelativesHiram R. Revels (maternal grandfather),
Susie Revels Cayton (maternal aunt)

Sidney Revels Redmond (1902–1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and civil right activist. He was the chief council for Lloyd L. Gaines in Gaines v. Canada (1938).[1][2][3] He served as the president of the National Bar Association in 1939, he worked as an NAACP lawyer, and was a past president of the local NAACP from 1938 to 1944.[4]

Early life and education

Sidney Revels Redmond was born on July 23, 1902, in Jackson, Mississippi, to Black parents Ida Alcorn Revels and Sidney Dillon Redmond. His maternal grandfather was politician Hiram R. Revels.[5][6]

He attended Harvard University for undergrad economics,[7] followed by attendance at Harvard Law School.[5][8]

Career

After graduation in 1926 or 1927, Redmond started a law firm with his father in Jackson, Mississippi.[5][9] Shortly thereafter the two lawyers dealt with many charges of misconduct by white lawyers in Mississippi for the next four years due to racism and because of his father's political career.[9] After Mississippi charges of misconduct and false testimony charges during a peonage trial (an involuntary servitude or slavery trial) that threatened his disbarment in that state.[5][6] In 1929, Redmond Jr. left Mississippi for St. Louis, Missouri.[9]

Redmond was involved in Missouri Republican politics, and served as a delegate from the 11th Congressional District in Missouri to the 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.[10]

He died on May 10, 1974, in the United States,[11] and was buried at Valhalla Cemetery in St. Louis.

References

  1. ^ Linder, Douglas O. (2000). "Before Brown: Charles H. Houston and the Gaines Case". University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Lloyd Gaines' Case". The Sphinx. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. February 1939. pp. 8, 39 – via Issuu.
  3. ^ Leonard, Walter J. (1977). Black Lawyers: Training and Results, Then and Now. Senna & Shih. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-89460-000-5.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Clarence Maurice (2010). The Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr: 1951-1954. Ohio University Press. p. 748. ISBN 978-0-8214-1603-7.
  5. ^ a b c d Endersby, James W.; Horner, William T. (2016-12-31). Lloyd Gaines and the Fight to End Segregation. University of Missouri Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8262-7362-8.
  6. ^ a b McMillen, Neil R. (1989). Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow. University of Illinois Press. pp. 168, 285. ISBN 978-0-252-01568-7.
  7. ^ "Grandson of First Colored Senator Harvard Graduate". The Monitor. March 16, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Harvard Alumni Directory. Harvard Alumni Association. 1948. p. 1798.
  9. ^ a b c Smith Jr., John Clay (1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 298–299, 600. ISBN 978-0-8122-1685-1.
  10. ^ "Redmond Elected To GOP Convention From Missouri". The Phoenix Index. 1940-04-27. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Wealthy Black, Jackson Native, Rites Monday". Clarion-Ledger. 1974-05-12. p. 16. Retrieved 2024-03-02 – via Newspapers.com.