By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
July 23, 1999
Haleyville native Frank M. Johnson Jr. made landmark rulings concerning civil rights while serving as a federal judge. Some of his most famous decisions include desegregating Alabama, eliminating the state poll tax and authorizing the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. Martin Luther King Jr. once called Johnson “the man who gave true meaning to the word justice.” In 1992, Congress named the federal courthouse in Montgomery after him. He died on July 23, 1999, in Montgomery.
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