Clifford Durr | |
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| Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission | |
| In office November 1, 1941 - June 30, 1948 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Clifford Judkins Durr March 2, 1899 Montgomery, Alabama |
| Died | May 12, 1975 (aged 76) Elmore County, Alabama |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University of Alabama (B.A.) Oxford University (B.C.L.) |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Clifford Judkins Durr (March 2, 1899 – May 12, 1975) was an Alabama lawyer who played an important role in defending activists and others accused of disloyalty during the New Deal and McCarthy eras.[1] He also was the lawyer who represented Rosa Parks in her challenge to the constitutionality of the ordinance, due to the infamous segregation of passengers on buses in Montgomery.[1] This is what launched the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycott.
Durr was born into a patrician Alabama family.[2] After studying at the University of Alabama, being president of his class, he went to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.[1] He returned to the United States to study law, then joined a prominent law firm in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1924. In 1926 he married Virginia Foster, whose sister, Josephine, would be the first wife of Hugo Black.[1]