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Simuel Decatur McGill
1877–1951
United States
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Simuel Decatur McGill (April 23, 1877-March 15, 1951) was born in Quincy FL and was an American Civil rights attorney. McGill was highly regarded, and critically acclaimed for his unconventional and strategic legal methods employed while practicing law in Florida during the Jim Crow era of the south. He is most notably recognized for his involvement in the monumental United States Supreme Court case; Chambers v.
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