Tennessee Court Talk

Ep. 24 Black History Month: A Conversation with The Dreamer, Judge John McClarty

Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts Episode 24

From the time he was four years old, John McClarty desired of becoming a lawyer. Even in a time when the civil rights movement was evolving and significant Supreme Court decisions were changing the world of education in which he was determined to practice law. In this episode, host Nick Morgan sits down with Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge John McClarty to discuss his autobiography, The Dreamer: John W. McClarty, Judge. Their conversation is filled with stories from Chattanooga in the 1950’s to a lifetime spanning two careers, as a lawyer and an appellate judge. 

This episode is for all audiences. 

Produced by Nick Morgan, Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

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