Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse  COURTROOM 406
	Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Esq. (1911-1984) Robert Seyffert (1952- ) Oil on canvas, 1985 28 H x 22 W in. Presented, 1989 Donor, Ms. Juanita Mitchell and family Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court Private Career: Admitted to the bar, 1965 Director, Washington Bureau, NAACP, 1950-1978 Helped in the passing of Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1964; the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and the Fair Housing Act of 1968; which earned him the title of the “101st U.S. Senator” U.S. Delegate to the United Nations, 1974-1977 Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1980 Received the NAACP Spingarn Medal, 1980 Comments: Posthumously, the Baltimore City Courthouse was renamed in his honor on March 8, 1985. Named one of the pre-eminent Baltimore lawyers and judges of the 20th century.
Other paintings of Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. in the collection Historical & Biographical Series at the Maryland State Archives

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