Justice Joseph Bradley
Joseph Bradley (March 14, 1813 – January 22, 1892) was a prominent railroad lawyer and Republican activist. He was appointed by President Ulysses Grant. Despite his recognized support for the Fourteenth Amendment, Bradley voted with the majority in many cases denying federal protection for the rights of African Americans. His most famous statement was delivered in the the Civil Rights Cases of 1883.
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Justice John Marshall Harlan
John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833 – October 14, 1911) was a lawyer, civil rights activist and Supreme Court Justice (1877-1911). Justice Harlan was the sole dissenter in the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 that took down the Civil Rights Act of 1875. He is referred to as the "Great Dissenter" and is one of the most influential dissenters in the Court's history. His role as an early white advocate of African-American rights stemmed from his family's slave-owning history and his relationship with his mixed-race half-brother Robert.
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