Crockett, George William, Jr.

Biography: 

(1909–97) (D-Mich.); African American lawyer from Florida, born in West Virginia; senior attorney in the Solicitor’s Office, Department of Labor (1939–43); 1943 appointed hearing examiner, FEPC; subsequently legal counsel, UAW; vice president, National Lawyers Guild; judge, Recorders Court, city of Detroit (1967–79); U.S. representative (1979–90). Morehouse College; University of Michigan Law School.

Birth: 
1909 August 10
Death: 
1997 September 7
Gender: 
Male