Over a hundred lawyers volunteered to serve in the organization, with both white and black attorneys being represented.

Fred Gray, the only black attorney in the state at the time, represented the group members in court.

He added that, perhaps, "as a black attorney, my word as an officer of the court means nothing."

"I'm the only black male attorney at my law firm," he said.

When Johnson was sentenced to hang, two black attorneys lodged an appeal with the Federal courts.

The black attorney found what he was looking for.

Sanders was replaced by Gary D. Way, another black attorney.

He reduced the pressure on himself from minority groups by supporting a Hispanic candidate for borough president and a black for district attorney.

"People were always asking me, do young black attorneys really exist like that?"

After all, he was the most successful black plaintiff's attorney in town, turning lead paint into gold.