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AL HR508
Resolution
Status
3/28/2018
Primary Sponsor
Danny Crawford
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AI Summary
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Urges Congress to approve creation of a U.S. postage stamp in posthumous honor of Judge James E. Horton, Jr.
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Judge Horton overturned the guilty verdict and death sentence of Haywood Patterson, one of the "Scottsboro Boys," despite intense racial hatred, Klan threats, and political opposition.
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Judge Horton was born in Limestone County, Alabama in 1878, earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1899, and served in the Alabama State Legislature before becoming a judge.
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Judge Horton was elected to a six-year term on the Eighth Circuit Court in 1922 and presided over the Scottsboro Boys case during his second term in 1933.
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Recognizes Judge Horton as a monumental figure in the United States Civil Rights Movement deserving of commemoration through a postage stamp.
Legislative Description
Horton, Judge James E., Jr, urging Congress to approve a postage stamp in his honor
Resolutions, Legislative
Last Action
Introduced and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules
3/28/2018