Draft:Julius L. Mitchell
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Julius Linoble Mitchell (April 17, 1867 – ?) was a lawyer in the United States. He was involved in cviil rights cases.
He was born in Moncks Corner[1] in Charleston County, South Carolina.[2]
He graduated from Allen University's Law Department in 1894.[3] He handled election discrimination cases in South Carolina.[4]
He and William James Whipper represented John Brownfield, a barber in Georgetown, South Carolina who refused to pay a poll tax and wrestled a gun away from a white constable attempting to arrest him. Brownfield was found guilty of murder.[4][5] Mitchell argued to overthrow the conviction for constitutional violations including an all-white jury.[6]
Joshua Williams Polite was the first black lawyer from Charleston after Reconstruction. Mitchell tried nine criminal casez. [7]
He moved to Rhode Island. He died in Brooklyn in the 1920s.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Burke, William Lewis (November 17, 2017). All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868-1968. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820350981 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent". November 17, 1915 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jr, J. Clay Smith (November 17, 1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812216857 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Burke, W. Lewis (July 1, 2017). All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820350998 – via Google Books.
- ^ "State v. Brownfield, 60 S.C. 509 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
- ^ "Right to a Fair Trial - Brownfield Lesson 20-13" (PDF). South Carolina Bar.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=9BknDwAAQBAJ&dq=julius+linoble.mitchell+rhode+island&pg=PA102 All for Civil Rights: African American in South Carolina, 1868-1968