| Hugo Black, II | |
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| Born | April 29, 1922 Birmingham, Alabama |
Hugo Lafayette Black, II (born April 29, 1922 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a prominent attorney and legal author.
Mr. Black is the son of Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Hugo Lafayette Black and Josephine Foster. He was married to Bessie Graham Hobson (1923–2000) and they had three children, Elizabeth, Margaret and Hugo L. Black, III.
Mr. Black received an A.B. in 1946 from the University of Alabama; then in 1949 received an LL.B. from Yale University, where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Yale Law Journal and president of Yale Law School Student Association. He is admitted to practice law in the states of Alabama and Florida, as well as several Federal District Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He was a Trustee of the U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society (1988–2003), and the Eleventh Circuit Court Historical Society (1987–1992).