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Barefoot Sanders, 1925 - 2008

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Today's New York Times carries his obituary, "Barefoot Sanders Dies, Dallas Judge Was 83."Judge Harold Barefoot Sanders, who early saw the political utility of not using his first name and went on to play significant roles in matters from the Kennedy assassination to the desegregation of Dallas schools, died Sunday in Dallas. He was 83. His death was announced by Chief Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. As a child, Judge Sanders bridled at his colorful moniker, actually the maiden name of his grandmother Dennie Barefoot. He preferred H. B., and, as such, was crowned Freckle King at the Texas State Centennial Celebration at age 11 in 1936. Only after graduating from high school did he decide Barefoot, however odd, was a name few would forget, and he made the most of it for the rest of his life, even if it meant new acquaintances seemed always to be gazing at his feet...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on September 24, 2008 (boomark / email).