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Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal (born March 18, 1943) is an American attorney known for his work as a community organizer and lawyer in the 1960s–70s Civil Rights Movement, and for being the husband of author Alice Walker for ten years; they were the first legally married interracial couple in Mississippi history.
Litigation relating to artworks. For example: A successful litigation against Sotheby’s and its consignor brought on behalf of a client-collector to prevent the sale of and to recover an artwork that had been stolen from the client.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Melvyn Roseman Leventhal began his work in the Mississippi civil rights movement in 1965. While attending New York University Law School, he spent summers in Jackson through the Boston-based Law Students Civil Rights Research Council. Upon graduating in 1967 he set up practice in Jackson and married Alice Walker, […]
Apr 19, 2013 · New York, April 16, 2013. To the Editor: Douglas G. Rankin, a defense lawyer, argues that his interminable requests for adjournments and tardiness are caused by an overwhelming demand for his...
Dec 26, 2000 · The first story is a memoir of her marriage to Melvyn Leventhal, a white civil rights lawyer. Each was, she writes, ''a miraculously compatible mate.'' Yet the marriage ended.
Nov 21, 2020 · She met fellow civil rights worker Melvyn R. Leventhal in 1965 and they married on March 17, 1967, in New York City. The couple moved back to Jackson, where they were the first legally married biracial couple in the city.
May 14, 2024 · "Melvyn R. Leventhal." Oyez, www.oyez.org/advocates/melvyn_r_leventhal. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
