Recent news reveals about the death of first ever Selma’s black lawyer, J.L. Chestnut Jr at the age of 77.
Chestnut’s law partner, state Sen. Hank Sanders of Selma, said that Chestnut died on Tuesday morning at a Birmingham hospital due to kidney failure. He said that Chestnut’s kidneys begun to fail from an infection after an operation.
J.L. Chestnut Jr. was the first black lawyer in Selma and a prominent attorney in civil rights cases across a half century. Chestnut, a Selma native got his law degree at Howard University, returned to his hometown in 1958 and became a key legal figure in the civil rights battles in Selma.
Later he defended blacks in major voter fraud prosecutions and helped black farmers make financial claims against the U.S. Agriculture Department.
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