Sterling Foster Black

Sterling Foster Black (September 12, 1924 May 20, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician.

Born in Alabama, Black was the son of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. He was a lawyer and had worked for the United States Atomic Energy Commission in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Black served in the New Mexico State Senate from 1960 to 1968 as a Democrat.[1][2][3] He was an outspoken critic of US involvement in the Vietnam War, and served as the New Mexico state chairman of peace candidate Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign.[4]

Notes

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  2. 'Justice Hugo Black's grandson running for state treasurer,' Gadsden Times (Alabama), February 25, 2001, B5
  3. 'Hugh Black: A Biography,' Roger K. Newman, Fordham University Press: 1997, p. 560.
  4. Boyer, Jim (January 24, 1968). "U.S. Should Pull Out of Vietnam,, Sen. Black Says". The Albuquerque Tribune. Albuquerque, NM. Retrieved November 10, 2016 via Newspapers.com.


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