Charles Henry Alston (lawyer)
Charles Henry Alston was a lawyer in Tampa, Florida. He was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Deaton and Lydia Alston were his parents.[1] He studied at Shaw University.[1] He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1894.[2]
Alston became a political leader of Tampa’s African American community.[3] He challenged the exclusion of African Americans from juries in Florida.[1] He served as Hillsborough County's Supervisor of Negro Schools.[1]
Booker T. Washington lauded him, George W. Parker, and Isaac Purcell as respected lawyers in the South.[4][5] In January 1907, he and George W. Parker appealed the case of Charles Johnson to the Florida Supreme Court (Johnson v. State).[6]
He attended a convention of Republican “bolters” supporting Teddy Roosevelt.[7][8] He accused white Republicans of discrimination in choosing delegates. He led a group that produced its own list of delegates.[8][9]
He subscribed to the Central Law Journal.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Mather, Frank Lincoln (September 20, 1915). "Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent ; Vol. 1" – via Google Books.
- ↑ The Florida Historical Quarterly. Florida Historical Society. 1996.
- ↑ Republicans, Negroes, and Progressives in the South, 1912-1916. University of Alabama Press. 1981. ISBN 9780817300487.
- ↑ The Negro in Business. Hertel, Jenkins & Company. 1907.
- ↑ Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. 1999. ISBN 9780812216851.
- ↑ Southern Reporter. West Publishing Company. 1908.
- ↑ Women and the Republican Party, 1854-1924. University of Illinois Press. 15 October 2001. ISBN 9780252026881.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 A History of Florida. University of Miami Press. 1980. ISBN 9780870243035.
- ↑ Republicans, Negroes, and Progressives in the South, 1912-1916. University of Alabama Press. 1981. ISBN 9780817300487.
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=p8JCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PT3&dq=c.+h.+alston+tampa+lawyer&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi6w5aRmqP6AhWZVTABHTAJCs0Q6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=c.%20h.%20alston%20tampa%20lawyer&f=false
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