Damon Keith

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Damon Keith was a prominent American federal judge and civil rights advocate who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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instanceOf American jurist ⓘ
civil rights advocate ⓘ
federal judge ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Bachelor of Laws ⓘ
Master of Laws ⓘ
appointedBy Jimmy Carter ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson ⓘ
awardReceived American Bar Association Spirit of Excellence Award ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Thurgood Marshall Award ⓘ
Spingarn Medal ⓘ
causeOfDeath leukemia ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1922-07-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-04-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Howard University School of Law ⓘ
Wayne State University Law School ⓘ
West Virginia State College ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Keith ⓘ
fullName Damon Jerome Keith ⓘ
givenName Damon ⓘ
hasHonoraryDegreeFrom Howard University ⓘ
Michigan State University ⓘ
Wayne State University ⓘ
knownFor civil rights jurisprudence ⓘ
defending voting rights ⓘ
landmark decisions on school desegregation ⓘ
opposition to government surveillance without warrants ⓘ
memberOf American Bar Association ⓘ
National Bar Association ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
nominatedToOffice United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ
notableQuote Democracies die behind closed doors. ⓘ
notableWork Detroit school desegregation cases ⓘ
United States v. Sinclair ⓘ
placeOfBirth Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
workLocation Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ

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Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit) → notableBurial → Damon Keith ⓘ