The Forgotten Classical Liberal Who Fought Jim Crow and Championed Immigration

Source: Reason
by Damon Root

“A mostly forgotten figure today, [Louis] Marshall (1856-1929) was a prominent lawyer and activist who argued and won a series of significant legal victories during the Progressive Era …. Marshall was a leading reformer during the Progressive Era, but he was no Progressive. Rather, he was a classical liberal. He championed property rights and economic liberty in regulatory cases while championing the rights of racial, ethnic, and religious minorities in civil rights cases.” (11/18/25)

https://reason.com/2025/11/18/the-forgotten-classical-liberal-who-fought-jim-crow-and-championed-immigration/