March 19, 1891 - Birth of Chief Justice Earl Warren
Earl Warren is born in Los Angeles, California. Warren will attend the University of California, Berkeley, where he will receive both his bachelor's and law degrees. He will serve as district attorney for Alameda County and will be elected Governor of California, before being appointed as Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President Dwight. D. Eisenhower in 1953. During his first term he will write for a unanimous Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education, rejecting the "separate but equal doctrine" and declaring unconstitutional the segregation of public-school children. Warren will serve on the Court until 1969.
Related resources:
- Earl Warren (FindLaw)
- Oral Histories: Earl Warren (Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum)
- Brown v. Board of Education (FindLaw)
