William B. Bryant, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 48 relations: Alabama, An American Dilemma, Assistant United States Attorney, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Big Dipper, Charles Hamilton Houston, Church of Scientology, David Andrew Pine, Democratic Party (United States), E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, George W. Bush, Gunnar Myrdal, Harvard Crimson, Historically black colleges and universities, Howard University, Howard University School of Law, John Lewis Smith Jr., Joseph Yablonski, Lieutenant colonel, List of African American federal judges, List of African American jurists, List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson, List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States, List of United States federal judges by longevity of service, Lyndon B. Johnson, McNabb-Mallory rule, Miranda v. Arizona, NAACP, Ralph Bunche, Richard Nixon, Senior status, Supreme Court of the United States, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Thomas F. Hogan, United Mine Workers of America, United States Army, United States Department of Labor, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States federal judge, United States Senate, W. A. Boyle, Washington, D.C., Wetumpka, Alabama, William Blakely Jones, World War II.

Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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An American Dilemma

An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy is a 1944 study of race relations authored by Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal and funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Assistant United States Attorney

An assistant United States attorney (AUSA) is an official career civil service position in the U.S. Department of Justice composed of lawyers working under the U.S. Attorney of each U.S. federal judicial district. William B. Bryant and assistant United States Attorney are assistant United States Attorneys.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bachelor of Laws

A Bachelor of Laws (Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B) is an undergraduate law degree offered in most common law countries as the primary law degree and serves as the first professional qualification for legal practitioners.

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Big Dipper

The Big Dipper (US, Canada) or the plough (UK, Ireland) is a large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them are of second magnitude and one, Megrez (δ), of third magnitude.

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Charles Hamilton Houston

Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950), NAACP.org.

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Church of Scientology

The Church of Scientology is a group of interconnected corporate entities and other organizations devoted to the practice, administration and dissemination of Scientology, which is variously defined as a cult, a business, or a new religious movement.

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David Andrew Pine

David Andrew Pine (September 22, 1891 – June 11, 1970) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. William B. Bryant and David Andrew Pine are assistant United States Attorneys and judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse

The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse is a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. that is home to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution protects against imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.

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George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.

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Gunnar Myrdal

Karl Gunnar Myrdal (6 December 1898 – 17 May 1987) was a Swedish economist and sociologist.

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Harvard Crimson

The Harvard Crimson is the nickname of the intercollegiate athletic teams of Harvard College.

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Historically black colleges and universities

Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving African Americans.

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Howard University

Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood.

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Howard University School of Law

Howard University School of Law (Howard Law or HUSL) is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldest historically black law school in the United States.

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John Lewis Smith Jr.

John Lewis Smith Jr. (September 20, 1912 – September 4, 1992) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. William B. Bryant and John Lewis Smith Jr. are assistant United States Attorneys, judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and United States district court judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Joseph Yablonski

Joseph Albert "Jock" Yablonski (March 3, 1910 – December 31, 1969) was an American labor leader in the United Mine Workers in the 1950s and 1960s known for seeking reform in the union and better working conditions for miners.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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List of African American federal judges

This is a list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judges. William B. Bryant and list of African American federal judges are African-American judges.

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List of African American jurists

This list includes individuals self-identified as African Americans who have made prominent contributions to the field of law in the United States, especially as eminent judges or legal scholars.

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List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson during his presidency.

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List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United States

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in each state.

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List of United States federal judges by longevity of service

This is a list of Article III United States federal judges by longevity of service.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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McNabb-Mallory rule

The McNabb-Mallory rule (sometimes referred to as just the Mallory rule) is the U.S. rule of evidence that a confession is inadmissible if obtained during an unreasonably long period of detention between arrest and initial court appearance.

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Miranda v. Arizona

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that law enforcement in the United States must warn a person of their constitutional rights before interrogating them, or else the person's statements cannot be used as evidence at their trial.

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NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.

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Ralph Bunche

Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel.

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Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

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Senior status

Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Thomas F. Hogan

Thomas Francis Hogan (born 1938) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, who served as director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts from October 17, 2011, until June 30, 2013. William B. Bryant and Thomas F. Hogan are judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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United Mine Workers of America

The United Mine Workers of America (UMW or UMWA) is a North American labor union best known for representing coal miners.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.

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United States District Court for the District of Columbia

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (in case citations, D.D.C.) is a federal district court in Washington, D.C. Along with the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii and the High Court of American Samoa, it also sometimes handles federal issues that arise in the territory of American Samoa, which has no local federal court or territorial court.

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United States federal judge

In the United States, a federal judge is a judge who serves on a court established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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W. A. Boyle

William Anthony "Tough Tony" Boyle (December 1, 1904 – May 31, 1985) was an American miner, union leader, and convicted murder-for-hire conspirator.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Wetumpka, Alabama

Wetumpka is a city in and the county seat of Elmore County, Alabama, United States.

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William Blakely Jones

William Blakely Jones (March 20, 1907 – July 31, 1979) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. William B. Bryant and William Blakely Jones are judges of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Bryant

Also known as William Benson Bryant.