Sterling Foster Black

Sterling Foster Black (September 12, 1924 – May 20, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician.

Born in Alabama, Black was the son of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. He was a lawyer and had worked for the United States Atomic Energy Commission in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Black served in the New Mexico State Senate from 1960 to 1968 as a Democrat.[1][2][3] He was an outspoken critic of US involvement in the Vietnam War, and served as the New Mexico state chairman of peace candidate Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Database
  2. ↑ 'Justice Hugo Black's grandson running for state treasurer,' Gadsden Times (Alabama), February 25, 2001, B5
  3. ↑ 'Hugh Black: A Biography,' Roger K. Newman, Fordham University Press: 1997, p. 560.
  4. ↑ Boyer, Jim (January 24, 1968). "U.S. Should Pull Out of Vietnam,, Sen. Black Says". The Albuquerque Tribune. Albuquerque, NM. Retrieved November 10, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.


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