Carmichael, John Hugh
John Hugh Carmichael was a prominent Little Rock (Pulaski County) attorney, politician, and judge. He was the dean of the Arkansas Law School (the predecessor to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law) in Little Rock from 1898 to 1950. While serving as dean, Carmichael acted as co-counsel in numerous cases with renowned Black attorney Scipio Africanus Jones. They worked together on a wide range of issues, including challenging the practice of excluding African American citizens from juries, defending the Black men convicted of murder after the Elaine Massacre, and representing prominent Black fraternal organizations. John Hugh Carmichael was born on February 2, 1868, in Cairo, Illinois, to Isaac Carmichael, who was a former …
