Pictured here are the following: George W. Stone, chief justice; Henderson M. Somerville, associate justice; David Clopton, associate justice; Thomas N. McClellan, attorney general; Junius M. Riggs, marshal; John W. A. Sanford, clerk; and Phares...
Attorney General John Patterson is standing at the left. Earlier in 1956, Judge Jones had issued a restraining order preventing the NAACP from operating in Alabama.
Attorney General John Patterson is standing at the left. Earlier in 1956, Judge Jones had issued a restraining order preventing the NAACP from operating in Alabama.
Attorney General John Patterson is seated on the left. The NAACP had been charged with contempt of court for doing business in Alabama after it was prevented from operating in the state in 1956.
Arthur Shores is seated beside Gray. The NAACP had been charged with contempt of court for doing business in Alabama after it was prevented from operating in the state in 1956.
Arthur Shores is seated at the table in the background. The NAACP had been charged with contempt of court for doing business in Alabama after it was prevented from operating in the state in 1956.
Garrett is seated at the head of the table, Albert Fuller is standing by the window, and Mayor Elmer Reese is seated in corner. Garrett and Fuller were two of the three men indicted for the murder of Albert Patterson.
Davis was an assistant attorney general of Alabama from 1916 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1921; he served as attorney general from 1921 to 1923 (completing the term of James Q. Smith) and from 1923 to 1927. He was president of Howard College, later...