August 2024
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From the President: Thank You
Defense lawyers are willing to risk everything to stand up for their clients. Black lawyers Noah Parden and Styles Hutchins undertook the appeal of Ed Johnson in 1906. Johnson, a Black man, was tried within two weeks of being accused of raping a white woman. Johnson was lynched. The legal community in Chattanooga ostracized his lawyers. They moved elsewhere after repeatedly being threatened.