Sidney Revels Redmond

Sidney Revels Redmond
BornJuly 23, 1902
Jackson, Mississippi, United States
DiedMay 10, 1974
United States
Burial placeValhalla Cemetery,
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Other namesSidney R. Redmond,
S.R. Redmond
EducationHarvard University,
Harvard Law School
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician, civil rights activist
SpouseGladys C. Freeman (m. 1932–1974; death)
Parents
RelativesHiram R. Revels (maternal grandfather),
Susie Revels Cayton (maternal aunt)

Sidney Revels Redmond (1902–1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and civil right activist. He was the chief council for Lloyd L. Gaines in Gaines v. Canada (1938).[1][2][3] He served as the president of the National Bar Association in 1939, he worked as an NAACP lawyer, and was a past president of the local NAACP from 1938 to 1944.[4]

  1. ^ Linder, Douglas O. (2000). "Before Brown: Charles H. Houston and the Gaines Case". University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
  2. ^ "Lloyd Gaines' Case". The Sphinx. Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. February 1939. pp. 8, 39 – via Issuu.
  3. ^ Leonard, Walter J. (1977). Black Lawyers: Training and Results, Then and Now. Senna & Shih. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-89460-000-5.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Clarence Maurice (2010). The Papers of Clarence Mitchell, Jr: 1951-1954. Ohio University Press. p. 748. ISBN 978-0-8214-1603-7.