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Judge Harold R. Medina
Judge Harold Medina became famous not for being the first Mexican American judge in modern history, but for a single high-profile trial. He presided over Dennis v. United States (1949), which grew out of the indictment of a dozen top leaders of the Communist Party USA. Continue reading
Posted in Activist Profiles, Books, Northeast
Tagged Communist Party, Eisenhower, FDR, JFK, Truman
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