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SUMMARY:Law Day 2025
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Law Day 2025\, The Judge Johnson Institute is highlighting recent remarks from Attorney Fred Gray. \n\n\n\nIn conversation with Dr. Robert White of Alabama State University earlier this year\, Mr. Gray discussed his time as Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.’s attorney and his work in America’s Courtroom in front of Judge Frank Johnson. This conversation took place as part of a program for the court community in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day. \n\n\n\nTeachers\, students\, and parents are encouraged to watch the conversation and use the questions below to discuss the lessons from Mr. Gray. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiscussion Questions\n\n\n\nUse these questions to start a discussion with your students\, frame a research topic\, or as writing prompts for essays. The questions are based on the content of the video above and information from the other resources linked below. \n\n\n\n\nMr. Gray and Dr. King started their careers in Montgomery around the same time. What was the relationship between Fred Gray and Dr. King?\n\n\n\nWhat was the first case that Mr. Gray handled as an attorney?\n\n\n\nWhat is the significance of December 1\, 1955?\n\n\n\nWho were Clifford and Virginia Durr\, and what role did they play in supporting Rosa Parks after her arrest?\n\n\n\nMr. Gray mentions Jo Ann Robinson\, a teacher and president of the Women’s Political Council. What was the Women’s Political Council and what role did they play in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?\n\n\n\nWhat are the origins of the Montgomery Bus Boycott? How did the plan evolve?\n\n\n\nWhy did they choose Aurelia Browder to be the lead plaintiff in Browder v. Gayle?\n\n\n\nWhat were the conditions that led to the Selma to Montgomery March?\n\n\n\nThere was more than one attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery. What took place on Bloody Sunday?\n\n\n\nThe 2025 Law Day theme encourages us to take pride in a Constitution that unites us across our differences. How does this theme connect to something you learned from the conversation between Mr. Gray and Dr. White?\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Resources\n\n\n\n\nAlabama State Bar\n\n\n\nAmerican Bar Association\n\n\n\nThe Judge Johnson Institute Oral History Project\n\n\n\nThe Judge Johnson Institute – “The First Amendment and the Civil Rights Movement”\n\n\n\nLibrary of Congress\n\n\n\nStreet Law\, Inc. Resource Library\n\n\n\nUnited States Courts Educational Resources\n\n\n\nUnited States Courts – Law Day\n\n\n\n\nLaw Day Archive\n\n\n\nExplore Previous Law Day Resources: \n\n\n\n\nLaw Day 2024\n\n\n\nLaw Day 2023\n\n\n\nLaw Day 2022\n\n\n\nLaw Day 2021\n\n\n\nLaw Day 2020
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