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Larry S. Gibson

December 12, 2023

Larry S. Gibson (born March 22, 1942) is a law professor, lawyer, political organizer, and historian. He currently serves as a professor at the Francis King Carey School of Law in the University of Maryland, Baltimore; where he has been on the faculty for 38 years. Gibson currently serves as council for the firm of Shapiro, Sher, Guinot, and Sandler. He was the principal advocate for the legislation that renamed Maryland's major airport, the Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and published Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice in 2012.

Larry S. Gibson
BornMarch 22, 1942 
Washington, D.C. 
Alma mater
OccupationWriter, lawyer 
Employer
Websitehttp://larrysgibson.com/ 

Early life edit

Gibson was born on March 22, 1942, in Washington, D.C.; his father worked as a janitor while his mother worked as a domestic worker and cook.[1] The family would later move to Baltimore, where Gibson earned his high school diploma from Baltimore City College in 1960, where he was the first African American class officer. Gibson graduated from Howard University in 1964, where he served as student body president and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.[2] He went on to attend Columbia University in New York, earning his law degree in 1967.[1]

Career edit

From 1963 until 1970, Gibson worked as an associate for Brown, Allen, Dorsey and Josey. Upon completion of his law degree, Gibson became the first African American to clerk for a federal judge in Maryland.[3] By 1970, Gibson had become a partner at Brown, Allen, Dorsey, and Josey, the next year, he handled the first high profile case of his career representing a Black Panther Party member in a murder case.[1] In 1971, Gibson filed a motion to try Charles Wyche separately from a group of Black Panther Party members accused of the kidnap and murder of Eugene Anderson.[4][3] With Gibson's argument and evidence presentation establishing an alibi, the jury acquitted Wyche of all charges.[4] In 1972, he became the first African American law professor at the University of Virginia. Two years later, he accepted a faculty position at the University of Maryland School of Law, where he continues to teach classes on Evidence, Civil procedure, Race and the Law, Election Law, and a Thurgood Marshall Seminar.[5] From 1973 to 1977, Gibson served on the faculty of the American Academy of Judicial Education. Throughout the 1980s, he served as a reporter to the Maryland Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and was involved in the reorganization of the Maryland Rules of Procedure.[6] On November 14, 2019, Larry S. Gibson was named the Morton and Sophia Macht Professor of Law at University of Maryland, Baltimore.[7][8] Gibson has also taught at the University of Mississippi and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.[9]

After meeting Thurgood Marshall in 1975, Gibson began collecting information on him, which lead to the publication of his 2012 book, Young Thurgood: The Making of a Supreme Court Justice.[7][8] He is currently working on his second book on Marshall which will chronicle Marshall's first career from 1930 to 1954.[7][2]

Political organizing edit

Gibson's political activism began in 1968, with organization of Joseph Howard's campaign for Judge on the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. He went on to work on the local campaigns of Milton Allen for State's Attorney, William H. Murphy for judge , Paul Chester for Court Clerk, and Wayne Curry for County Executive.[10] Milton Allen was elected as Baltimore's first African American state's attorney.[7] Gibson also campaign manager for the Honorable Kurt L. Schmoke for his successful elections in 1987, 1991, and 1995.[6] Schmoke was the first African American mayor of the City of Baltimore.[11]

Under President Jimmy Carter, Gibson served as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States. He served as vice chairman of the National Security Council Working Group on Terrorism and was Director of the National Economic Crimes Project.[6] In 1992, Gibson served as the Maryland State chairman for the Clinton/Gore presidential Campaign.[5] In the 2000s, Gibson started serving as a campaign consultant and political advisor to African political leaders including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and former President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana.[5]

In 2005, Larry Gibson worked with U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings to appeal to the Maryland State Legislature to rename Baltimore-Washington International Airport after Thurgood Marshall.[12] House Bill 189 was passed by the Maryland General Assembly later that year.[12][5]

Awards and memberships edit

For ten years, Gibson served on the committee of the National Board of Law Examiners which develops the evidence section of the Multi-State Bar Examination. 2" /> In 2003, Gibson founded and continues to organize the Black Law Alumni Reunion and Symposium for Carey School of Law at University of Maryland. That same year, the Larry S. Gibson Fellowship Endowment was created with intention of fully endowing the Larry S. Gibson Professorship at Maryland Carey Law.[13]

In 2018, Gibson received the University of Maryland, Baltimore Diversity Recognition Award as Outstanding UMB Faculty for his organization of the Black Law Alumni Reunion and Symposium for that year.[14] In 2019, the Baltimore Sun announced Gibson as a Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree.[7] That same year, Gibson was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award for the second time during UMB's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month celebration.[13]

Gibson has served on the board of trustees of the Maryland Historical Trust and the Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation.[5] He was Chairman of the Commission to Coordinate the Study, Commemoration and Impact of the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "About". www.larrysgibson.com. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Larry Gibson's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  3. ^ a b July 2013, Ron Cassie | (July 7, 2013). "Setting Precedent". Baltimore Magazine. Retrieved November 13, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Royster-Hemby, Christina. "Fighting the Power". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Home". www.law.umaryland.edu. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Larry S. Gibson | Attorneys | Shapiro Sher". www.shapirosher.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e Board, Baltimore Sun Editorial. "Baltimore Sun's 2019 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree: Larry Gibson". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Professor Larry Gibson named Morton & Sophia Macht Professor of Law". University of Maryland, Baltimore Francis King Carey School of Law. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  9. ^ "Larry Gibson, author of Thurgood Marshall biography to wrap up Black History Month". Penn State Law | University Park, Pa. February 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  10. ^ "Crafting Victories: Campaign Materials from the Collection of Larry Gibson | Special Collections | University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law". digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  11. ^ "Baltimore City History of Mayors – Kurt L. Schmoke". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
  12. ^ a b Hepkins, Andre (March 6, 2017). "Reflecting on the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall". WBAL. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  13. ^ a b Baltimore, University of Maryland. "UMB Spotlight". University of Maryland, Baltimore. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  14. ^ a b "University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law's Larry Gibson wins MLK faculty award". Greater Baltimore Committee. February 6, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2020.

External links edit

  • Crafting Voices: Campaign Materials from the Collection of Larry Gibson
  • An Evening with Professor Larry S. Gibson, Thurgood Marshall Center Trust
  • History & Hope: Lawyer during civil rights movement sees improvement in fight for Black rights, by Tre Ward, WBALTV11
  • Panel on the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement in Maryland, C-SPAN
  • Panel on Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP, C-SPAN

December 12, 2023
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Larry S Gibson born March 22 1942 is a law professor lawyer political organizer and historian He currently serves as a professor at the Francis King Carey School of Law in the University of Maryland Baltimore where he has been on the faculty for 38 years Gibson currently serves as council for the firm of Shapiro Sher Guinot and Sandler He was the principal advocate for the legislation that renamed Maryland s major airport the Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and published Young Thurgood The Making of a Supreme Court Justice in 2012 Larry S GibsonBornMarch 22 1942 Washington D C Alma materHoward UniversityColumbia University OccupationWriter lawyer EmployerUniversity of Maryland Francis King Carey School of LawUniversity of Virginia School of Law Websitehttp larrysgibson com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Political organizing 4 Awards and memberships 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editGibson was born on March 22 1942 in Washington D C his father worked as a janitor while his mother worked as a domestic worker and cook 1 The family would later move to Baltimore where Gibson earned his high school diploma from Baltimore City College in 1960 where he was the first African American class officer Gibson graduated from Howard University in 1964 where he served as student body president and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity 2 He went on to attend Columbia University in New York earning his law degree in 1967 1 Career editFrom 1963 until 1970 Gibson worked as an associate for Brown Allen Dorsey and Josey Upon completion of his law degree Gibson became the first African American to clerk for a federal judge in Maryland 3 By 1970 Gibson had become a partner at Brown Allen Dorsey and Josey the next year he handled the first high profile case of his career representing a Black Panther Party member in a murder case 1 In 1971 Gibson filed a motion to try Charles Wyche separately from a group of Black Panther Party members accused of the kidnap and murder of Eugene Anderson 4 3 With Gibson s argument and evidence presentation establishing an alibi the jury acquitted Wyche of all charges 4 In 1972 he became the first African American law professor at the University of Virginia Two years later he accepted a faculty position at the University of Maryland School of Law where he continues to teach classes on Evidence Civil procedure Race and the Law Election Law and a Thurgood Marshall Seminar 5 From 1973 to 1977 Gibson served on the faculty of the American Academy of Judicial Education Throughout the 1980s he served as a reporter to the Maryland Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure and was involved in the reorganization of the Maryland Rules of Procedure 6 On November 14 2019 Larry S Gibson was named the Morton and Sophia Macht Professor of Law at University of Maryland Baltimore 7 8 Gibson has also taught at the University of Mississippi and the University of Aberdeen in Scotland 9 After meeting Thurgood Marshall in 1975 Gibson began collecting information on him which lead to the publication of his 2012 book Young Thurgood The Making of a Supreme Court Justice 7 8 He is currently working on his second book on Marshall which will chronicle Marshall s first career from 1930 to 1954 7 2 Political organizing editGibson s political activism began in 1968 with organization of Joseph Howard s campaign for Judge on the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City He went on to work on the local campaigns of Milton Allen for State s Attorney William H Murphy for judge Paul Chester for Court Clerk and Wayne Curry for County Executive 10 Milton Allen was elected as Baltimore s first African American state s attorney 7 Gibson also campaign manager for the Honorable Kurt L Schmoke for his successful elections in 1987 1991 and 1995 6 Schmoke was the first African American mayor of the City of Baltimore 11 Under President Jimmy Carter Gibson served as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States He served as vice chairman of the National Security Council Working Group on Terrorism and was Director of the National Economic Crimes Project 6 In 1992 Gibson served as the Maryland State chairman for the Clinton Gore presidential Campaign 5 In the 2000s Gibson started serving as a campaign consultant and political advisor to African political leaders including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and former President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana 5 In 2005 Larry Gibson worked with U S Representative Elijah Cummings to appeal to the Maryland State Legislature to rename Baltimore Washington International Airport after Thurgood Marshall 12 House Bill 189 was passed by the Maryland General Assembly later that year 12 5 Awards and memberships editFor ten years Gibson served on the committee of the National Board of Law Examiners which develops the evidence section of the Multi State Bar Examination 2 gt In 2003 Gibson founded and continues to organize the Black Law Alumni Reunion and Symposium for Carey School of Law at University of Maryland That same year the Larry S Gibson Fellowship Endowment was created with intention of fully endowing the Larry S Gibson Professorship at Maryland Carey Law 13 In 2018 Gibson received the University of Maryland Baltimore Diversity Recognition Award as Outstanding UMB Faculty for his organization of the Black Law Alumni Reunion and Symposium for that year 14 In 2019 the Baltimore Sun announced Gibson as a Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree 7 That same year Gibson was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Award for the second time during UMB s Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Black History Month celebration 13 Gibson has served on the board of trustees of the Maryland Historical Trust and the Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation 5 He was Chairman of the Commission to Coordinate the Study Commemoration and Impact of the History and Legacy of Slavery in Maryland 14 References edit a b c About www larrysgibson com Retrieved November 12 2020 a b Larry Gibson s Biography The HistoryMakers Retrieved November 12 2020 a b July 2013 Ron Cassie July 7 2013 Setting Precedent Baltimore Magazine Retrieved November 13 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link a b Royster Hemby Christina Fighting the Power baltimoresun com Retrieved November 13 2020 a b c d e Home www law umaryland edu Retrieved November 13 2020 a b c Larry S Gibson Attorneys Shapiro Sher www shapirosher com Retrieved November 13 2020 a b c d e Board Baltimore Sun Editorial Baltimore Sun s 2019 Business and Civic Hall of Fame honoree Larry Gibson baltimoresun com Retrieved November 13 2020 a b Professor Larry Gibson named Morton amp Sophia Macht Professor of Law University of Maryland Baltimore Francis King Carey School of Law Retrieved November 13 2020 Larry Gibson author of Thurgood Marshall biography to wrap up Black History Month Penn State Law University Park Pa February 14 2013 Retrieved November 13 2020 Crafting Victories Campaign Materials from the Collection of Larry Gibson Special Collections University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law digitalcommons law umaryland edu Retrieved November 13 2020 Baltimore City History of Mayors Kurt L Schmoke msa maryland gov Retrieved November 13 2020 a b Hepkins Andre March 6 2017 Reflecting on the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall WBAL Retrieved November 16 2020 a b Baltimore University of Maryland UMB Spotlight University of Maryland Baltimore Retrieved November 16 2020 a b University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law s Larry Gibson wins MLK faculty award Greater Baltimore Committee February 6 2019 Retrieved November 16 2020 External links editCrafting Voices Campaign Materials from the Collection of Larry Gibson An Evening with Professor Larry S Gibson Thurgood Marshall Center Trust History amp Hope Lawyer during civil rights movement sees improvement in fight for Black rights by Tre Ward WBALTV11 Panel on the Birth of the Civil Rights Movement in Maryland C SPAN Panel on Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP C SPAN Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Larry S Gibson amp oldid 1188028651, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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