William Thaddeus Coleman Jr.
Former United States Secretary of Transportation
William Thaddeus Coleman Jr. was an American attorney and judge. Coleman was the fourth United States Secretary of Transportation, from March 7, 1975, to January 20, 1977, and the second African American to serve in the United States Cabinet. Wikipedia
Born: July 7, 1920, Philadelphia, PA
Died: March 31, 2017 (age 96 years), Alexandria, VA
Children: William Thaddeus Coleman III and William Coleman
Spouse: Lovida Hardin (m. 1945)
Education: Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Germantown High School, and more
Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom
As an attorney, Coleman played a major role in significant civil rights cases. At the time of his death, Coleman was the oldest living former Cabinet member.
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., was the first African American to clerk for a U.S. Supreme Court justice, served as secretary of transportation under the Ford ...
WHEREAS, the late Secretary William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., from his early years as a young civil rights lawyer from Philadelphia, broke racial barriers; and.
Coleman served as the country's first African American Secretary of Transportation and second African American Cabinet officer (under President Gerald R. Ford).
Jun 30, 2023 · Born in Philadelphia, Coleman was an attorney who worked with Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund on many desegregation cases.
Mar 31, 2017 · Coleman was law secretary to a federal appeals court judge in Philadelphia. He then broke new ground. As The New York Times reported in April ...
William T. Coleman, Jr. (1975–1977). President Gerald Ford appointed William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr., to serve as the nation's fourth secretary of the Department ...
Mr. Coleman began his legal career serving as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and then went on to be the first black Supreme ...
William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. (July 7, 1920 – March 31, 2017) was an American attorney and politician. Coleman was the fourth United States Secretary of ...