93,728 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Frank Minis Johnson

✓ Source-basedrising

American judge

United StatesLawyersLived 1918 to 1999 · aged 80
Compare
Fame47.6
Momentum6.4
Languages5
In century#136,583

Frank Minis Johnson Jr. was a United States district judge and United States circuit judge, who served from 1955 to 1999 on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Awards 1

1995Presidential Medal of Freedom

Lawyers from United States 6

Anne Montminy47.7Harry Connick Sr.47.6Barbara Lagoa47.7Ruby Laffoon47.5Wayne Wheeler47.7Jay Sekulow47.5

About this person

Frank Minis Johnson Jr. was a United States district judge and United States circuit judge, who served from 1955 to 1999 on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He made landmark civil rights rulings that helped end segregation and disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South. In the words of journalist and historian Bill Moyers, Judge Johnson "altered forever the face of the South."

Country
United States
Category
Lawyers
Type
Lawyer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1918 to 1999 · aged 80
Written about in
5 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.