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Waring, Julius Waties

Born July 27, 1880, in Charleston, SC
Died January 11, 1968, in New York, NY

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on December 18, 1941, to a seat vacated by Frank K. Myers. Confirmed by the Senate on January 20, 1942, and received commission on January 23, 1942. Served as chief judge, 1948-1952. Assumed senior status on February 15, 1952. Service terminated on January 11, 1968, due to death.

Education:
College of Charleston, A.B., 1900
Read law, 1901

Professional Career:

Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina, 1901-1942
Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of South Carolina, 1914-1921
Corporation counsel, Charleston, South Carolina, 1933-1942
Campaign manager, U.S. Sen. Ellison ''Cotton Ed'' Smith of South Carolina, 1938

Bibliography

Gergel, Hon. Richard M. Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring. New York: Sarah Crichton Books, 2019.

Hicks, Brian. In Darkest South Carolina: J. Waties Waring and the secret plan that sparked a civil rights movement. Charleston, S.C.: Evening Post Books, 2018.

Terry, Robert Lewis. "J. Waties Waring: Spokesman for Racial Justice in the New South." Ph.D. diss., University of Utah, 1970.

Yarbrough, Tinsley E. A Passion for Justice: J. Waties Waring and Civil Rights. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.

Manuscript Collections

Howard University
Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
Washington, D.C.
Julius Waties Waring papers, 1841-1964.
33 ft.; finding aid; collection contains Waring's correspondence and that of his second wife, Elizabeth Avery Waring; writings; legal case files; organizational material; and 72 scrapbooks of clippings relating to Waring's career as a federal judge.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, N.C.
J. Skelly Wright and J. Waties Waring correspondence, 1960.
4 items; finding aid; correspondence between Judges Wright and Waring about race relations in the South; Unit 36 of Miscellaneous Papers collection.

Oral History

Waring, Julius Waties. "The Reminiscences of J. Waties Waring." Interviews conducted on January 24, February 2, 17, October 26, November 8, 28, December 5, 1956, and March 6, 1957, by Harlan P. Phillips and Louis M. Starr. Oral History Research Office, Butler Library, Columbia University, New York, 1957. Transcript, 449 pages.

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