Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HARRY A. BLACKMUN

Born: November 12, 1908 in Nashville, Illinois
Died: March 4, 1999 in Arlington County, Virginia

Harry Blackmun(1908-1999), appointed by President Nixon in 1970, was initially allied with the conservatives on the Court, but is best remembered for his 1973 majority opinion in Roe v. Wade, legalizing abortion. He retired in 1994 and died in 1999. In March, 2004, Blackmun's papers collected at the Library of Congress were opened for public view: 1,576 boxes of papers and 38 hours of oral history. The papers, and particularly the videotapes, are providing candid looks behind the scenes at the Court's deliberations.

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1997 Amistad (Performer), 1988 Body Body (Other), 1994 Stop the Violence (Other), 1990 Rescuers of the Holocaust (Other), 1987 The Childsavers (Other), 1980 Bodies (Other), 1987 In Search of the Constitution (in person)