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George William Crockett Jr. (August 10, 1909 – September 7, 1997) was an African-American attorney, jurist, and congressman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He also served as a national vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild and co-founded what is believed to be the first racially integrated law firm in the United States.
8 ago 2023 · Crockett (1909-1997) was the grandson of an enslaved African descendant but the son of a union father, a skilled carpenter and member of the Black Carpenters Union. His commitment to justice...
15 set 1997 · George W. Crockett Jr., a civil rights warrior who went over the top so often in the battle for racial justice that he earned a decade of bemused retirement in Congress, died on Sept. 7 at a...
6 mar 2008 · His political interests focused on South Africa’s policy of apartheid. As a member of the House Africa Subcommittee he authored the Mandela Freedom Resolution which called on the South African government to free Nelson Mandela.
In a triumphant legacy of attorney, civil rights icon and U.S. Congressman George W. Crockett Jr., Professor Peter J. Hammer and Professor Emeritus Edward Littlejohn explore Detroit’s outsized role in the history of civil rights in the United States.
George W. Crockett, Jr. 1909-1997. Legislator, lawyer, judge "If Detroit has an icon, it is [George] W. Crockett [Jr.]," wrote Susan Watson in the Detroit Free Press in 1992, referring to Crockett's five-decade-long career as activist and public servant.
The book begins by tracing the Crockett family history from slavery to George's admission into the University of Michigan Law School. He became one of the most senior Black...
