death_date death_place birth_place awards image_size nationality parents birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
16 november 1995 pomona , new york , usa newport , rhode island , usa the at the 23rd annual naacp image awards roy wilkins civil rights award 1990 , presented 200px american joseph irving lynn of aiken , south carolina lynn of augusta , georgia , and nellie november 4 , 1908 activism yolanda m. lynn conrad_lynn_portrait . tif conrad lynn
 conrad j. lynn attorney syracuse university college of law
conrad lynn

conrad j. lynn -lrb- november 4 , 1908 -- november 16 , 1995 -rrb- was an african-american civil rights lawyer and activist known for providing legal representation for activists , including many unpopular defendants .
among the causes he supported as a lawyer were civil rights , puerto rican nationalism , and opposition to the draft during both world war ii and the vietnam war .
the controversial defendants he represented included civil rights activist robert f. williams and black panther leader h. rap brown .
