Jack Greenberg (born December 22, 1924) is an American attorney and legal scholar. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was among the NAACP's legal counsel for a quarter century, notably including his involvement in cases included under the crucial Brown v. Board of Education decision. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, 347 US 483 (1954 was a Landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, which overturned earlier In all, he argued 40 civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary.
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Life and career
Education
Born in New York City, Greenberg graduated from Columbia College in 1945 and Columbia Law School in 1948. The City of New York History Columbia College was founded as King’s College by royal charter of King George II of England in the Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League.
Civil and human rights lawyer
Greenberg became a legal counselor for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("LDF") in 1949, and, in 1961, succeeded Thurgood Marshall as the LDF's Director-Counsel. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc ( NAACP LDF, the Inc Thurgood Marshall ( July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American Jurist and the first African American Including his work on Brown v. Board of Education, other cases Greenberg argued include Alexander v. Holmes, which ordered the end of segregated school systems "at once," and Griggs v. Duke Power Company[1], which outlawed basing employment and promotion decisions on the results of tests with a discriminatory impact. Griggs v Duke Power Co, 401 US 424 (1971 was a court case argued before the United States Supreme Court on December 14, 1970 He was also involved in Furman v. Georgia (1972), in which the Court held that the death penalty as it was then applied was a violation of the "cruel and unusual punishment" clause of the 8th Amendment.
Since the early 1970s, Greenberg has traveled to numerous countries in order to try to improve the human rights situation, including the former Soviet Union, South Africa (while it was still under apartheid), Cameroon, the Sudan, Hungary, Bulgaria, and others. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) ( السودان al-Sūdān is a country in northeastern Africa. Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian
Educator
Greenberg left the LDF in 1984 to become a professor and vice dean at Columbia Law School. Columbia Law School, located in New York City, is one of the professional schools of Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League. He served as dean of Columbia College from 1989 to 1993. History Columbia College was founded as King’s College by royal charter of King George II of England in the As of Fall 2007, Greenberg still teaches at Columbia Law School and serves as a senior director of the LDF.
Author
Greenberg has varied intellectual interests: aside from several books on law and civil rights, he has written a cookbook (Dean Cuisine, with Harvard Law School Dean James Vorenberg, 1990), has appeared as a panelist for a New York Times tasting of Oregon pinot noir, and is currently (as of spring, 2008) writing a book on Franz Kafka with two other scholars. Harvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional Graduate schools of Harvard University. Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Pinot noir ('pino nwar is a red Wine Grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera.
Family
In 1950, Greenberg married Sema Ann Tanzer. They had four children: Josiah, David (now a well-known author of humorous poetry for children), and the twins Ezra and Sarah. In 1970, Greenberg divorced his first wife and married Deborah Mann Cole (née Deborah Lou Mann), widow of Wall Street lawyer and art collector Richard Cole. Soon afterwards he adopted her two children, Suzanne Cole Greenberg and William Cole (now an eminent rare book and art dealer, proprietor of Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery in Sitges, Spain). Greenberg's brother, Daniel S. Greenberg (1931), is a noted journalist and author now living in Washington, D. C.
Awards
In 2001, Greenberg was presented with a Presidential Citizens Medal. The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second highest civilian award in the United States awarded by the President of the United States second only to the Presidential President Bill Clinton commented "In the courtroom and the classroom, Jack Greenberg has been a crusader for freedom and equality for more than half a century. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19 1946 served as the forty-second President of the United States "
In film
A feature film based upon Greenberg's book, Crusaders in the Courts, is currently in production. The film, entitled The Crusaders, will star Tobey Maguire as Greenberg and Terrence Howard as Thurgood Marshall. Tobias Vincent "Tobey" Maguire (born June 27, 1975) is a Canadian Actor. Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an Academy Award -nominated American Film and stage Actor, and Thurgood Marshall ( July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American Jurist and the first African American
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| Preceded by Robert Pollack |
Dean of Columbia College 1989 – 1993 |
Succeeded by Steven Marcus |