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==Political career==
==Political career==
===Eisenhower Administration===
===Eisenhower Administration===
[[File:McGranery and Brownell in 1952.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Then-Attorney General James McGranery (left) and Brownell in 1952.]]
Brownell was successful in his efforts for President Eisenhower to appoint pro-civil rights judges into federal judicial positions.<ref name=chicagotribune>New York Times News Service (May 4, 1996). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-04-9605040085-story.html HERBERT BROWNELL JR., IKE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref><ref name=wapo>Barnes, Bart (May 3, 1996). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/05/03/herbert-brownell-dies-at-92/46883d83-9991-4f61-aa4a-33f7d504c9ab/ HERBERT BROWNELL DIES AT 92]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref> He proved crucial in the appointment of [[Earl Warren]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]], led the [[DOJ]] in filing a brief to the Court in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'', and later convinced Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration in [[Arkansas]] during the [[Little Rock]] crisis.<ref name=wapo/><ref name=americanthinker>Zak, Michael (February 20, 2007). [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/02/herbert_brownell_gop_civil_rig.html Herbert Brownell, GOP civil rights hero]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://law.jrank.org/pages/4903/Brownell-Herbert-Jr.html Herbert Brownell Jr.]. ''American Law and Legal Information''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref>
Brownell was successful in his efforts for President Eisenhower to appoint pro-civil rights judges into federal judicial positions.<ref name=chicagotribune>New York Times News Service (May 4, 1996). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-05-04-9605040085-story.html HERBERT BROWNELL JR., IKE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL]. ''Chicago Tribune''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref><ref name=wapo>Barnes, Bart (May 3, 1996). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/05/03/herbert-brownell-dies-at-92/46883d83-9991-4f61-aa4a-33f7d504c9ab/ HERBERT BROWNELL DIES AT 92]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref> He proved crucial in the appointment of [[Earl Warren]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]], led the [[DOJ]] in filing a brief to the Court in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'', and later convinced Eisenhower to send federal troops to enforce integration in [[Arkansas]] during the [[Little Rock]] crisis.<ref name=wapo/><ref name=americanthinker>Zak, Michael (February 20, 2007). [https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/02/herbert_brownell_gop_civil_rig.html Herbert Brownell, GOP civil rights hero]. ''American Thinker''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://law.jrank.org/pages/4903/Brownell-Herbert-Jr.html Herbert Brownell Jr.]. ''American Law and Legal Information''. Retrieved July 6, 2021.</ref>