Supreme Court Years

Audio


A Young John Kennedy Speaks about Hugo Black’s Appointment

Read more about the recording at The New York Times and and Harvard Gazette.

Hugo Black on the Bill of Rights (Full Interview)

In a 1969 interview, Hugo Black discusses constitutional law with Martin Agronsky and Eric Sevareid. Source: The Library of Congress.

Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black Makes a 1937 Radio Address on Past Klan Membership

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Video


Hugo Black on the Bill of Rights (Clip)

In a 1969 interview, Hugo Black discusses constitutional law with Martin Agronsky and Eric Sevareid.

Hugo Black’s 1937 Radio Address.

Listen to full radio address at American Voices.

Stock Footage of National Attention to Black’s 1937 Radio Address on Past Klan Membership

Justice Hugo Black’s Legacy

Justice Black Remembered by Law Clerk Daniel J. Meador

The Life and Legacy of Justice Hugo Black

Hugo Black of Alabama: How His Roots and Early Career Shaped the Great Champion of the Constitution

A Glimpse into Justice Black’s Home Library and Books

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Gallery

Justice Hugo Black in August of 1937. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Native Alabaman congressmen have reunion with Associate Justice Black. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Justice Black laughing
Justice and Mrs. Black visit family. Unknown photographer via Hugh E. Rozelle.
Radio Engineers Jerry Hurlbut and Stanford H Rose prepare for Hugo Black broadcast. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Portrait of Justice Hugo Black in 1937. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress
Picture of Associate Justice Black, Senator John H. Bankhead, and Lister Hill, who was appointed to Senate Seat vacated by Black. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Senator Dixie Bibb Graves fills seat vacated by appointment of Hugo L Black to Supreme Court. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Home of Clifford J Burr, where Justice Black went into seclusion after returning from abroad. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress
Justice Black, Mrs. Black, and Senator Sherman Minton. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Picture of Justice and Mrs. Hugo L Black Shortly after Black’s appointment to Supreme Court. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Scene of Hugo Black’s Radio Broadcast. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Associate Justice and Mrs. Hugo Black arriving at St. Matthew’s Cathedral on November 17, 1939 for the funeral services for the late justice Pierce Butler. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress
Senator Hugo Black and his wife learning that he had been appointed to the Supreme Court. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
1957 Press Photo Wives of Supreme Court Justices in Washington, D.C.
Justice Black and Supreme Court after unanimous NIRA decision in 1935.
Senator Arthur Capper and Senator Royal Copeland bitterly oppose confirmation of Senator Black. By Harris and Ewing, no known restrictions on publication, via the Library of Congress.
Justice Black at a family reunion. Unknown photographer via Jeanette Toland Lett.

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