President Herbert Hoover nominated Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to the U.S. Supreme Court. The NAACP launched a national campaign opposing the nomination, citing Parker’s past rulings and statements that were hostile to Black civil rights and labor unions. The organized resistance contributed to the Senate rejecting Parker’s confirmation, marking one of the first successful national civil rights campaigns against a judicial nominee.
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