Philip j hirschkop biography of mahatma gandhi

American civil rights lawyer

Philip Jay Hirschkop (born May 14, 1936) is an American civil rights lawyer. With fellow American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) volunteer cooperating attorney Bernard S. Cohen, the two represented Mildred and Richard Loving in several court cases to overturn the Lovings' conviction for interracial marriage in the state of Virginia.^[1] The case eventually reached the United States Supreme Court, and on April 10, 1967, Hirschkop and Cohen were permitted to share the oral argument for the Lovings.^[2] In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the Lovings in Loving v.

Virginia, overturning their conviction and ending the enforcement of state bans on interracial marriage.^[3]

Hirschkop went on to argue two additional cases before the Supreme Court in the 1970s.^[4] Other clients have included Martin Luther King Jr., H. Rap Brown, Norman Mailer, the American Nazi Part The Story of My Life - Mahatma Gandhi SUJEQ