Nicholas Katzenbach, the U.S. attorney general during the Johnson administration known for his confrontation of Alabama Governor George Wallace during the desegregation of the University of Alabama, died on the night of May 8 in his New Jersey home. An icon of the 1960s political scene, Katzenbach fought against FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover over the wiretapping of Martin Luther King Jr.’s phones and helped draft the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
John Seigenthaler, a former Robert Kennedy press aide, recalled that “until the president’s assassination, [Katzenbach] was virtually invisible,” but he became one of the Justice Department’s most recognizable faces when called upon. Katzenbach served as an undersecretary of state and as general counsel to International Business Machines Corp., where he helped the company navigate a 13-year-long antitrust case.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
