William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.

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William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was a prominent American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and public official who served as the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under President Gerald Ford.

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William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. canonical 2
William T. Coleman Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Cabinet member ⓘ
civil rights advocate ⓘ
human ⓘ
public official ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
Bachelor of Laws ⓘ
appointedBy Gerald Ford ⓘ
awardReceived Harvard Law School Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Philadelphia Award ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Spingarn Medal ⓘ
barAdmission New York Bar ⓘ
Pennsylvania Bar ⓘ
clerkOf Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
Judge Herbert F. Goodrich ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-07-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2017-03-31 ⓘ
educatedAt Germantown High School ⓘ
Harvard Law School ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania Law School (attended before Harvard) ⓘ
ethnicGroup African Americans ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Coleman ⓘ
fullName William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
languagesSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf American Law Institute ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund board of directors ⓘ
Order of the Coif ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
militaryBranch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first African American U.S. Cabinet members ⓘ
being one of the first African American U.S. Supreme Court law clerks ⓘ
civil rights litigation ⓘ
clerkship with Justice Felix Frankfurter ⓘ
service in the Ford administration ⓘ
transportation policy ⓘ
notableWork co-author of "Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae" in Loving v. Virginia ⓘ
memoir "Counsel for the Situation" ⓘ
participation in Brown v. Board of Education legal team ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
corporate director ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
public official ⓘ
officeEndTime 1977-01-20 ⓘ
officeStartTime 1975-03-07 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfDeath Alexandria, Virginia, United States ⓘ
positionHeld United States Secretary of Transportation ⓘ
judge of the United States Court of Military Commission Review ⓘ
member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights ⓘ
president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund board ⓘ
precededBy Claude S. Brinegar ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Lovida Hardin Coleman ⓘ
succeededBy Brock Adams ⓘ
workedFor Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Kohn & Dilks ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe ⓘ
O’Melveny & Myers (as senior counsel) ⓘ
linked to: O'Melveny & Myers

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Brock Adams → precededByAsSecretaryOfTransportation → William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. ⓘ
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. → fullName → William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. ⓘ
Coleman → hasNotableBearer → William T. Coleman Jr. ⓘ
linked to: William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.