Sidney Revels Redmond

Sidney Revels Redmond (July 23, 1902 – May 10, 1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and civil right activist. He was the chief council for Lloyd L. Gaines in Gaines v. Canada. He served as the president of the National Bar Association in 1939, he worked as an NAACP lawyer, and was a past president of the local NAACP from 1938 to 1944.

Early life and education Sidney Revels Redmond was born on July 23, 1902, in Jackson, Mississippi, to Black parents Ida Alcorn Revels and Sidney Dillon Redmond. His maternal grandfather was politician Hiram R. Revels.

He attended Harvard University for undergrad economics, followed by attendance at Harvard Law School.

Career

After graduation in 1926 or 1927, Redmond started a law firm with his father in Jackson, Mississippi. Shortly thereafter the two lawyers dealt with many charges of misconduct by white lawyers in Mississippi for the next four years due to racism and because of his father's political career.

He died on May 10, 1974, in the United States, and was buried at Valhalla Cemetery in St. Louis.