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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p James Bernard Sanderlin (born January 2, 1929) was a lawyer who during the civil rights movement of the 1960s used litigation to fight for equality and against discrimination in Pinellas County. During the civil rights movement Sanderlin was one of only five black attorneys who practiced in St. Petersburg. During the 1960s St. Petersburg, Florida was racially divided and unjust. Sanderlin saw this and devoted his career to unifying blacks and whites in his community in an effort to move toward social and legal equality. While living in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 50’s, Sanderlin felt compelled to move to the South in an effort to make a difference for minorities in the South. All of his life he had lived peacefully alongside whites, so it was not hard for him to envision an American society where the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision was implemented and equality was practiced and not just talked about. As an attorney, he argued cases for school desegregation, employment discrimination, housing discrimination, and other related civil rights cases. His drive to make a difference led him to seek a position on the bench in the County Court of Pinellas. In 1972, Sanderlin became the first black judge of Pinellas County. By 1976, his skill and reputation afforded him a seat on the Circuit level Court where he presided for over ten years. However the culmination of his individual accolades came in 1985 when then Governor Bob Graham appointed him to the Florida District Court of Appeals. He served on the court for two years, after which the Florida Supreme Court forced him to step down from the bench due to a rare brain disease (Pick’s disorder, which is related to Alzheimer’s disease. Three years after stepping down from the bench the police found Sanderlin slumped over the wheel of his brother’s car, dead from natural causes at the age of 61 Through his diligent work during the civil rights movement, Sanderlin convinced many people that “important differences can be resolved through reasonable argument and law".. }

• James_B._Sanderlin abstract "James Bernard Sanderlin (born January 2, 1929) was a lawyer who during the civil rights movement of the 1960s used litigation to fight for equality and against discrimination in Pinellas County. During the civil rights movement Sanderlin was one of only five black attorneys who practiced in St. Petersburg. During the 1960s St. Petersburg, Florida was racially divided and unjust. Sanderlin saw this and devoted his career to unifying blacks and whites in his community in an effort to move toward social and legal equality. While living in Boston, Massachusetts in the late 50’s, Sanderlin felt compelled to move to the South in an effort to make a difference for minorities in the South. All of his life he had lived peacefully alongside whites, so it was not hard for him to envision an American society where the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision was implemented and equality was practiced and not just talked about. As an attorney, he argued cases for school desegregation, employment discrimination, housing discrimination, and other related civil rights cases. His drive to make a difference led him to seek a position on the bench in the County Court of Pinellas. In 1972, Sanderlin became the first black judge of Pinellas County. By 1976, his skill and reputation afforded him a seat on the Circuit level Court where he presided for over ten years. However the culmination of his individual accolades came in 1985 when then Governor Bob Graham appointed him to the Florida District Court of Appeals. He served on the court for two years, after which the Florida Supreme Court forced him to step down from the bench due to a rare brain disease (Pick’s disorder, which is related to Alzheimer’s disease. Three years after stepping down from the bench the police found Sanderlin slumped over the wheel of his brother’s car, dead from natural causes at the age of 61 Through his diligent work during the civil rights movement, Sanderlin convinced many people that “important differences can be resolved through reasonable argument and law".".