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HUGO L. BLACK
was born in Harlan, Alabama, on February 27, 1886. He
entered Birmingham Medical College in 1903, but after
one year transferred to the University of Alabama Law
School. He received his law degree in 1906. He was admitted
to the bar and established a law practice in Ashland Alabama.
The following year, a fire destroyed his office and library,
and Black moved to Birmingham. In 1911, he became a part-time
police court judge, and in 1914 he was elected Public
Prosecutor for Jefferson County. After military service
in World War I, Black returned to his Birmingham law practice.
In 1927, he was elected to the United States Senate and
was re-elected six years later. In 1933, Black introduced
legislation providing for a 30-hour work week which, as
amended, became the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Black to the
Supreme Court of the United States on August 12, 1937,
and the Senate confirmed the appointment five days later.
Black retired from the Supreme Court on September 17,
1971, after thirty-four years of service. He died on September
25, 1971, at the age of eighty-five. |
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