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In Memoriam: Coleman, Past DOT Secretary
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William T. Coleman Jr., 96, the second African- American to serve in a president’s cabinet as transportation secretary under President Gerald Ford (1975-77), died March 31 in Alexandria, VA. After he left DOT, Coleman appeared before the Supreme Court on behalf of APTA and a transit system in Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, arguing that transit workers be treated equally to police and fire department employees. He won the argument, but lost the case when the Court decided to treat police and fire employees the same as transit workers. |
Coleman, active in civil rights, worked with Thurgood Marshall on Brown v. Board of Education to strike down segregation in public schools.
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