Fred Gray (attorney)

Fred Gray
Gray speaking at Emporia State University on September 15, 2016
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
In office
1971–2015
Personal details
Born
Fred David Gray

(1930-12-14) December 14, 1930 (age 93)
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Spouse
Bernice Hill
(m. 1955)
Children4
Alma materAlabama State College (BA)
Case Western Reserve University (JD)
OccupationLawyer
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom (2022)

Fred David Gray (born December 14, 1930) is an American civil rights attorney, preacher, activist, and state legislator from Alabama. He handled many prominent civil rights cases, such as Browder v. Gayle, and was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1970, along with Thomas Reed, both from Tuskegee. They were the first black state legislators in Alabama in the 20th century.[1] He served as the president of the National Bar Association in 1985, and in 2001 was elected as the first African-American President of the Alabama State Bar.[2]

  1. ^ Reverby, Susan M. (December 2012). Tuskegee's Truths: Rethinking the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469608723.
  2. ^ "Honoring Fred Gray" (PDF). Addendum. Alabama State Bar. February 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2017.