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James B. Sanderlin
James Bernard Sanderlin (January 2, 1929 – April 22, 1990) was a lawyer who, during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, used litigation to fight for equality and against discrimination in Pinellas County, Florida. During this time Sanderlin was one of only five African American attorneys who practiced in racially divided St. Petersburg, Florida. Sanderlin devoted his career to unifying blacks and whites in his community in an effort to move toward social and legal equality. While living in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 1950s, Sanderlin felt compelled to move to the South to try to make a difference for minorities there. All of his life he had lived peacefully alongside whites, so it was not hard for him to envision an American society where the ''Brown v. Board of Education'' Supreme Court decision was implemented and equality was practiced and not just talked about.
As an attorney, he argued cases for school desegregation, against employment and housing discrimination, and other related civil rights cases. In 1972, Sanderlin became the first black judge of Pinellas County. By 1976, his skill and reputation afforded him a seat on the circuit-level court where he presided for over ten years. In 1985, then Governor Bob Graham appointed him to the Florida District Court of Appeals. He served on the court for two years, until he was forced to step down from the bench after developing Pick’s disease, a rare neurodegenerative disorder related to Alzheimer's disease. Three years after he stepped down from the bench, Sanderlin died from natural causes at the age of 61.〔Gooden, A.B. (1995). ''James B. Sanderlin: The Gentle Giant of Civil Rights in Pinellas County, 1962-1990.'' St. Petersburg: University of South Florida.〕 Through his diligent work during the Civil Rights Movement, Sanderlin convinced many people that "important differences can be resolved through reasonable argument and law".〔(1990, April 22). ''St. Petersburg Times'', Sec. D, P.1.〕
== Early life ==
James B. Sanderlin was born in Petersburg, Virginia. He was the son of a Baptist minister, Willis Elijah Sanderlin, and a school teacher, Lillie Sanderlin. He had two older brothers, Willis, Jr., and Raymond. From the age of five, he was convinced of his desire to become an attorney. He had a relatively privileged childhood compared to other black children in the 1930s, growing up with two educated parents in a middle class integrated neighborhood, where they played freely with white children. The Sanderlin children attended a private all-black school but still interacted frequently with whites.〔Raymond Sanderlin Interview by Roger Walker, Largo, Florida, April 26, 2013.〕
James Sanderlin was influenced greatly by his parents. He was told stories about the importance of historical black figures like Fredrick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Sojourner Truth. His parents instilled in him Christian values, the importance of making a positive contribution to society, and to strive to achieve whatever goals he set for himself. As James and his brothers grew older their neighbors became less friendly, and their frequent interactions dwindled. The Southern custom at that time was for white parents to permit their children to play and interact with black children until the children reached puberty. When his older brothers reached the ages of 15 and 12, Sanderlin's family moved from Virginia to Washington, D.C.〔
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