On This Day In Alabama History: Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. Was Born In Haleyville

Alabama News Center | October 30, 2017 @ 12:00 pm

By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200

Oct. 30, 1918

Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. was born in Haleyville. Appointed to the position of federal judge of Alabama’s Middle District in October 1955 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Johnson served at the federal level for more than 40 years. He is best known for his landmark legal decisions that desegregated schools in Alabama and busing in Montgomery, eliminated the state poll tax, allowed blacks to serve on juries, and authorized the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. Johnson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton in 1995, and the federal courthouse in Montgomery is named in Johnson’s honor.

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