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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Harlan, Alabama
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Bethesda, Maryland
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Hugo Black is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential Supreme Court justices of the 20th century.

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Hugo La Fayette Black was a lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937-71). He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential Supreme Court justices of the 20th century. He supported "selective incorporation" which limited the power of the federal government. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1937.

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