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Black was well known for his anti-Catholic viewpoints,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WX2LcraS1EgC&pg=PA219 The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States]</ref> and was profoundly influenced by the writings of [[Paul Blanshard]], a [[socialist]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=orksGKX8a64C&pg=PA521 Hugo Black: A Biography]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=e4YUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA225 Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=86628a9v-moC&pg=PA224 Witnessing Their Faith: Religious Influence on Supreme Court Justices and Their Opinions]</ref> In ''Korematsu v. the United States'', Black voted to uphold [[President Roosevelt]]'s mass arrests and incarceration of [[Japanese]] men, women, and children based on [[race]].
Black was well known for his anti-Catholic viewpoints,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WX2LcraS1EgC&pg=PA219 The Oxford Handbook of Church and State in the United States]</ref> and was profoundly influenced by the writings of [[Paul Blanshard]], a [[socialist]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=orksGKX8a64C&pg=PA521 Hugo Black: A Biography]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=e4YUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA225 Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=86628a9v-moC&pg=PA224 Witnessing Their Faith: Religious Influence on Supreme Court Justices and Their Opinions]</ref> In ''Korematsu v. the United States'', Black voted to uphold [[President Roosevelt]]'s mass arrests and incarceration of [[Japanese]] men, women, and children based on [[race]].
However, in his later years, Black concurred in the unanimous landmark Supreme Court decision in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' which ordered the desegregation of public schools in the United States.
===Unethical conduct===
===Unethical conduct===