Arthur Madison and the long afterlife of courage
We're going to interrupt the jeremiads of this space for some good news. Back in February, I wrote about Arthur Madison. For those who don't rememb...
May 30, 2023
4:42 AM
We're going to interrupt the jeremiads of this space for some good news. Back in February, I wrote about Arthur Madison. For those who don't remember, Madison was an attorney who Alabama disbarred in 1944 — on highly questionable grounds — after he tried to register Black voters in Montgomery. 'If you're a lawyer, that is the ultimate disgrace,' says his great-nephew, Quinton Seay. But refusing to acknowledge defeat, Madison came back and helped register hundreds of Black men and women on the voter rolls.
Brian Lyman