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"Bill Coleman's story is one that younger generations should mark and inwardly digest, lest they forget the pioneers who helped to make a better America possible." —From the Foreword by Stephen G. Breyer
William Coleman has spent a lifetime opening doors and breaking down barriers. He has been an eyewitness to history; moreover, he has made history. This is his inspiring story, in his own words.
Americans of color faced daunting barriers in the 1940s. Despite graduating first in his class at Harvard Law and clerking for Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, Coleman was shut out of major East Coast law firms. But as the Philadelphia native writes, "The times, they were a'changing." He not only benefited from that change—he helped propel it, by way of dogged determination, undeniable intellect, and stellar accomplishment.
Coleman's legal work with Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund helped jumpstart the civil rights movement in the 1950s. He was the first American of color to clerk for the Supreme Court, and later served as senior counsel to the Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In 1975 he was appointed secretary of transportation by President Gerald Ford—the first American of color to serve in a Republican cabinet—and in 1995 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Clinton.
At his core, Bill Coleman is a lawyer. He strives to be a "counsel for the situation"—an advocate able to take on major matters in a variety of legal disciplines while upholding the highest traditions of justice and the public interest. He is fiercely proud of the legal profession's role in a democratic society and free economy, and he is grateful for the opportunities that profession has afforded him in the court room, the board room, and the corridors of power. It is through this prism that he relates his own story—his life and the law.
The results speak for themselves, and in this immensely entertaining chronicle, the Counsel for the Situation speaks for himself.
- Sales Rank: #1223661 in Books
- Published on: 2010-10-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.52" h x 1.35" w x 6.42" l, 1.90 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 450 pages
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"This is much more than an autobiography, although it is one of the best I have ever read. It is a history of our times. Bill Coleman has provided us with one more act of public service in this fascinating and wide-ranging memoir."—David Rockefeller, former chairman, Council on Foreign Relations, and CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank
"This must-read book is written by a truly great American who has demonstrated great love of our country. Anchored by the fundamentals of hard work, excellence, sacrifice, and purpose, Bill Coleman has written an excellent tutorial for those interested in the legal profession and public service."—Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., former president and CEO, National Urban League
"Bill Coleman's recollections of conversations and dealings with notable personalities— presidents, Supreme Court justices, cabinet officers, and business and community leaders—not only make his commentary a fascinating read but, importantly, a must-read for all Americans to understand more clearly the fundamental principles that make our nation 'a more perfect union."—Carla A. Hills, former U.S. secretary of housing and urban development
"Generations of Americans will be indebted to Secretary Coleman. His remarkable story is beautifully set forth in this thoughtful and compelling book. His fierce intellect, diligence, and uncommon integrity have been brought to bear on scores of challenging and pivotal issues spanning nearly a century."—Thurgood Marshall, Jr.
"William Coleman belongs to the diminishing breed of distinguished citizen-statesmen who never sought the limelight, but whose brilliant intellect brought him to the pinnacle of success in the legal field, whose passion for justice drove his commitment to civil rights, and whose sense of obligation to serve his country led him to the highest echelons of government. His engaging memoir sums up his exceptional life with the insight and wisdom which have defined it."—Henry Kissinger, former U.S. secretary of state
About the Author
William T. Coleman Jr. is currently a senior partner and the senior counselor in the Washington office of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, one of the world's foremost law firms. He joined the firm after serving as U.S. secretary of transportation during the Ford administration.
Donald T. Bliss has served as a U.S. ambassador, in senior positions at the U.S. departments of transportation and health, education, and welfare, and as a partner of O'Melveny & Myers LLP.
Stephen G. Breyer is an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Great Book, Great Man
By Daniel E. Eaton
William Coleman's memoirs tell the story of an extraordinary life in the law in the man's own words. Many notable people, starting with his remarkable wife, have shaped Secretary Coleman's life and he in turn has helped shape the lives of countless others. Mr. Coleman's story is at one level an inspiring story of a man of firsts: first African-American to finish first in his class at Harvard Law School; first African-American to clerk at the U.S. Supreme Court; first black partner at a major Philadelphia law firm; first black Secretary of Transportation . . . and the list goes on.
But even as well-chronicled as his achievements have been, there are surprises in every chapter of this book. The reader gets answers to such important questions as: What was Mr. Coleman's reaction, as a member of the team that litigated Brown v. the Board of Education, to including references in the Supreme Court briefs to the well-known doll experiment? How close was Mr. Coleman to being named to the Supreme Court? How did Bill Clinton first come to Mr. Coleman's attention? What proposal did Mr. Coleman make as Secretary of Transportation that, had it been implemented after he left office, may have prevented the tragedy of 9/11? Why is Mr. Coleman a Republican? Why, notwithstanding his partisan affiliation, did Mr. Coleman decide to testify against Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, a man Mr. Coleman, as a member of the ABA evaluation panel, rated as exceptionally well-qualified to sit on the lower federal appeals court just a few years earlier? What are Mr. Coleman's ten secrets, discerned from 60 years of practice, for a successful legal career?
I connected with this memoir on a deeply personal level because I remember, as an African-American student at Harvard Law School in the 1980's, seeing the stern countenance of Mr. Coleman's official portrait staring down at me as I ran up the stairs to the reading room of the Langdell law library every day. I could almost hear him say: "Get a move on, young man. There's much work to be done." Secretary Coleman's example continues to resonate with me now that I am a partner at a San Diego law firm.
But it is clear that Mr. Coleman's story will move and inspire any lawyer. He stands as an embodiment of the ideals of our profession, starting with integrity, hard work, and intellectual dynamism. More than that, though, his story will move and inspire any American. In so many respects, he stands as an embodiment of the ideals of we, the people. William Coleman's life story is a testament to American possibilities realized and a beacon for the realization of American possibilities yet to come. We would all do well to read it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
A study in America's progress
By John B. Stine II
William T. Coleman, Jr. Esq.'s autobiography chronicles the history of the movement for racial equality in America, seen through the eyes of a remarkable and steadfast agent of progress. Born in 1920 in North Philadelphia, Coleman, an American of color, personally experienced racial discrimination at many points in his life, but his continuous struggle to end discrimination was fought in the courtroom and the boardroom, not in the streets. Coleman's achievements are too numerous to mention here, but some highlights include: graduating summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania (1941), graduating first in his class at Harvard Law School (1946), clerking for Supreme Court Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter (1948-49), working closely with NAACP legal team, victoriously led by (later Supreme Court Justice) Thurgood Marshall in the landmark case against discrimination-Brown vs. Board of Education (1953-54), won the landmark Girard College case (breaking the discriminatory trust of Stephen Girard to allow children of color to attend the school), serving as senior counsel for the Warren Commission (investigating the assassination of President Kennedy), serving in Gerald Ford's cabinet as Secretary of Transportation, testifying in the infamous Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination hearings, being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the highest honor accorded to a civilian in the U.S.) by President Clinton, and serving on boards of a Who's Who of American businesses, while being the first American of color elected partner in his Philadelphia law firm (the firm founded by Philadelphia mayor Richardson Dilworth).
Coleman, now 90, and the senior partner in the Washington D.C. office of the national law firm O'Melveny and Myers, has secured the enviable legacy of, as the Philadelphia Quakers say, "doing good, while doing very well, indeed." His success as a lawyer includes a litany of clients from Frank Sinatra to IBM. He stresses throughout his book that rather than focusing on the disadvantages he suffered as an American of color, he worked harder than his competitors, beating them though superior preparation, research and team collaboration. He encourages us to succeed as he did through the benefits of networking, diversity in the workplace, and civic and charitable involvement, not only for its intrinsic benefits, but because it allowed him access and was just good business.
For readers interested in the history of the progress in America against discrimination, or just a great story of an American of color succeeding way before his time, you will find this a 5-star read. In some ways it is a historical novel. In some, just a great Horatio Alger story of a successful American lawyer. You decide.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Story of a great man - but there are holes in the story
By C. Ellen Connally
William T. Coleman is a great American who clearly braved many trails for African Americans. He served his county in many distinguished position starting as the first black law clerk in the United States Supreme Court, a cabinet member, a member of the Warren Commission staff and many other high profile positions.
However, there are a number of holes in his stories that need clarification. I want to make it clear that I am not attacking Mr. Coleman. But I would like to point out a number of factual discrepancies that raise questions about areas of Mr. Coleman's life. If other reviewers have explanations for these discrepancies I will certainly stand corrected.
In Phillip Shenon's 2013 work A CRUEL AND SHOCKING ACT - THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION, Shenon relates that while a member of the Warren Commission Staff, Coleman met with Fidel Castro to find out if he or his government was involved in the assassination. During this meeting, Castro denied any involvement and this information was sufficient to satisfy President Johnson and Earl Warren that the Cubans were not involved. This information had also been revealed to another journalist, Anthony Summers in 2005. The revelation to Shenon drew much media attention and I'm sure, added to Shenon's book sales.
There are a number of problems with this allegation of the Castro/Coleman meeting. There is no written verification of this in the records of Warren Commission or the papers of any of the other staff - or anyplace else for that matter. Coleman wrote a letter to Anthony Summers dated Dec 30, 2005 denying ever meeting Castro. (I have never met, talked to, or been in Mr. Castro's presence). While he allegedly asserted that the meeting happened when he talked to Shenon in 2012, he did not relate this meeting in this book, nor did he reveal it to any subsequent Congressional investigation of the Kennedy Assassination. He gave an number of oral histories about his life, including being interviewed by fellow Warren Commission staffer Arlen Specter. But in none of them does he mention the Castro meeting. He certainly could have sold a lot more copies of this book had he come out with that startling revelation.
In spite of his 2005 denial that he had never met or been in the presence of Fidel Castro, on page 175 of this work, Coleman states that he first met Castro in 1941 when he was in law school at Harvard and would commute through New York. On those occasions he would frequent jazz clubs and that's where he met Castro. The problem is, in 1941 Fidel Castro was 15 years old and living in Havana. (Coleman started law school in 1941 but didn't graduate until 1946 since he dropped out to enter the military.) He also says on P. 50 that he met Castro while at a party in New York around the same time.
Castro never came to the United States until October of 1948 when he was in the States for about 3 months on his honeymoon. Part of that time he spent in Miami, but did come to New York in November and early December. On Sept 1, 1948, Coleman started a clerkship with Justice Felix Frankfurter. He was living in Washington and working 6 days a week, working very long hours, with a wife and young baby. So it seems unlikely that Coleman could have been hanging out in jazz clubs in New York. In the sketchy accounts of Castro's time in New York, I can find no accounts of him hanging out in jazz clubs, although it is possible.
According to Anthony Summer's version of the story, when Castro saw Coleman again at this meeting, which was supposed to have taken place in a boat in the Caribbean, Castro immediately recognized Coleman and recalled their New York meetings. As an aside, Castro clearly did not speak English in 1948 and Coleman did not speak Spanish.
On page 53 Coleman talks about his days of living in the dorms at Harvard Law School. In 1942, as a second year student and on the law review, Coleman moved into Walter Hastings Hall. According to his story, one day a young lieutenant junior grade stopped in his room. The officer was Jack Kennedy. After a long talk, Coleman says that Kennedy "said he had heard that there were a lot of attractive girls at Radcliffe, Smith and Mt. Holyoke, who no doubt were friends of mine (Coleman). He thought it would be a good idea if we went out on a doubt date, perhaps to hear some music." In a follow up phone call, Coleman says that he told Kennedy that Boston was his town, and maybe Kennedy should take the lead on this. According to him, Kennedy hung up. Fourteen years later, Kennedy remembered him at a White House reception and even recalled his room number in Hastings Hall.
There are a number of gapping holes in this story. First, Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1940. He did not go to law school. By 1942 he was in the Navy and assigned to the office of intelligence in DC. While there was a training program for Naval officers at Harvard, I can't find any record that Kennedy was assigned there. It is possible that he would have been hanging around the Harvard law dorms, but it seems a little implausible. The real problem is that this was 1942. Black men did not have friendships with white coeds at Smith and Radcliff in the 1940's or 50's or much of the 60's. If Kennedy wanted dates, it is unlikely that he would have been asking a black man to fix him up.
Coleman got his math wrong on the subsequent meeting with Kennedy at the white house. Fourteen years later would have been 1956. Kennedy didn't go to the White House until 1960. And according to Coleman, Kennedy remembered him and his room number at Hastings Hall.
Coleman also says (p. 54) that Bobby Kennedy offered him a judgeship. Coleman was a life long dyed in the wool Republican. It seems odd to me that the Kennedy's would have been offering him a federal judgeship - but it is possible. Coleman says he turned Kennedy down because he was making more money in the private sector.
Washington and Lee professor Todd C. Pepper did a biographical piece on Coleman in the Journal of Supreme Court History in Nov. 2008. There is no account of the Castro/Coleman meeting. Likewise, an oral history that Coleman gave to the Ford Museum. Its interesting to note that Coleman first met Ford when Ford was on the Warren Commission, so there would have been a natural connection for the two to talk about the Commission work and for Coleman to tell Ford about the meeting with Castro. There is no evidence that he ever did.
Lee Rankin who was the Chief Counsel for the Warren Commission left no record of the Castro/Coleman meeting, nor did Earl Warren or Lyndon Johnson.
There are just the statements made to the two journalist and the subsequent unequivocal denial to Summers.
Now Coleman is an elderly man, for whom I have great respect. But with all due respect, he's left a tale that is full of holes. The public deserves an explanation as to whether or not the Castro/Coleman meeting ever happened and is the reason that I raise the question.
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