Julius Waties Waring - Knowledge (XXG)

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The failure to convict Shull was perceived as a political failure on the part of the Truman administration and Waring would later write of his disgust of the way the case was handled commenting, "I was shocked by the hypocrisy of my government...in submitting that disgraceful case..."

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on January 20, 1942, and received his commission on January 23, 1942. He served as Chief Judge from 1948 to 1952. As Chief Judge, Waring ended segregated seating in the courtroom and chose a black bailiff, John Fleming, who quickly became known as "John the Bailiff."

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In his 1946 ruling he held that "a Negro resident of South Carolina was entitled to the same opportunity and facilities afforded to white residents for obtaining a legal education by and in the state" and gave the state of South Carolina three options: that the

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Waring had been initially supported by the establishment of Charleston. After divorcing his first wife and marrying the Northern socialite Elizabeth Avery, Judge Waring quickly transitioned from a racial moderate to a proponent of radical change. Speaking at a

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church, he proclaimed: "The cancer of segregation will never be cured by the sedative of gradualism." Political, editorial, and social leaders in South Carolina criticized and shunned Judge Waring and his wife to the point where, in 1952, when he assumed

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Prior to April 15, 1949, divorce was not permitted in South Carolina for any reason, see S.C. Const. art. XVII, s. 3 (prior to 1949 amendment), and even after its legalization, remained socially unacceptable to

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in the Eastern District of South Carolina from 1914 to 1921. He served as the city attorney for Charleston from 1933 to 1942, under Mayor Burnet R. Maybank. In 1938, he served as the campaign manager for

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himself initiated a case, brought to the federal level on the grounds that the beating had occurred at a bus stop on federal property, and that at the time of the assault, Woodard was in uniform.

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in 1902. He married his first wife, Annie Gammel, in 1913. Their only daughter was Anne Waring Warren, who died without children. The couple moved into a house at 61 Meeting St. in 1915.

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admit the plaintiff John H. Wrighten, that the state open a black law school or that the white law school at USC be closed. His ruling was not novel, but merely in accordance with the

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set a cross alight in front of his home. After his retirement, Waring slid into obscurity until his legacy was "reclaimed" in the 2010s.

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Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring

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American Experience: the Blinding of Isaac Woodard (PBS) details J. Waites Waring's key role in the burgeoning civil rights era

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charged with handling the case failed to interview anyone except the bus driver, a decision that Waring believed was a gross

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Charlestonian high society ostracized Waring for his judicial opinions. Rocks were thrown through his windows and the

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David Southern, "Beyond Jim Crow Liberalism: Judge Waring's Fight Against Segregation in South Carolina, 1942-52",

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In October 2015, the Hollings Judicial Center in Charleston was renamed the J. Waties Waring Judicial Center.

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Judge Julius Waties Waring Takes on Segregation (feat. Rich Fulcher & Busy Philipps) - Drunk History

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Simple Justice: The History of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's Struggle for Equality

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Simple Justice: The history of Brown v. Board of Education and Black America's struggle for equality

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In several other cases he ruled in favor of those who had challenged racist practices of the time:

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The case was presided over by Waring, but by all accounts the trial was a travesty. The local

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Judge Waring lived at 61 Meeting Street from 1915 until being driven out of Charleston.

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Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina

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wrote a book about the impact of the Isaac Woodard case on Waring and President

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United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law

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He was in private practice of law in Charleston from 1902 to 1942 and an

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With All Deliberate Speed: Segregation-Desegregation in Southern Schools

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