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Julius L. (Linoble?) Mitchell (April 17, 1867 - ?) was a lawyer in the United States. He was involved in cviil rights cases.
He was born in Charleston County, South Carolina.
He was born in Moncks Corner. He graduated from Allen University's Law Department in 1894. He handled election discrimination cases in South Carolina.
He and William James Whipper represented John Brownfield who refused to pay a poll tax and wrestled a gun away from a white constable attempting to arrest him. He was found guilty of murder. Mitchell argued to overthrow the conviction for constitutional violations including an all white jury.
All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868-1968
He moved to Rhode Island. He died in Brooklyn in the 1920s.
References
- "Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent". November 17, 1915 – via Google Books.
- ^ Burke, William Lewis (November 17, 2017). "All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868-1968". University of Georgia Press – via Google Books.
- Jr, J. Clay Smith (November 17, 1999). "Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944". University of Pennsylvania Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Burke, W. Lewis (July 1, 2017). "All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968". University of Georgia Press – via Google Books.
- "State v. Brownfield, 60 S.C. 509 | Casetext Search + Citator". casetext.com.
- https://www.scbar.org/media/filer_public/d1/31/d1313e9e-08f1-4ab9-a774-6e56b0faf8dd/right_to_a_fair_trial_-_brownfield_lesson_2013.pdf