John Marshall Harlan - STRENGTH - S2 E18

In 1896, Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan was the lone dissenter in the Plessy v. Ferguson case which upheld the Democrat South's Jim Crow laws of Racial Segregation. Harlan had been born to a slave-holding family in Kentucky, served as a Colonel for the Union Army during the Civil War, became a Republican in politics and was selected to the Supreme Court in 1877 where he served till his death in 1911. Harlan became known as The Great Dissenter due to his ardent support of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments for private citizens' rights to civil liberties in the face of the Social Darwinist RACISM (promoted by Harlan's rival on the Supreme Court, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and others) of the general public sentiment of the late 1800s and early 1900s (when time after time, Democrat legislatures would not pass Anti-Lynching Laws). Harlan's steadfast courage to uphold civil rights of all Americans, including African Americans, despite being in the minority makes him a social integrity hero and HOSS indeed! The Eagle Hoss & Hound podcast is a platform for respect. Respect for the Eagle - the individual with a service background (including spouses). Respect for the Hoss - the Social Integrity Hero from our American past. Plus, the Hound - the common #AmericanMutt - you and me. Follow @EagleIMBUED - J.D. Collier