Home  About  Chapters  Policy  Publications  Join  Jobs  Donate  Blog  > Inside UT Chattanooga  UT Chattanooga News FDR Distinguished Public Service Award in Washington DC, April 9th, 2008. Photos by Nick Bradley. News from the National Office Post-Election Center TI Launched Roosevelt LiveBlogs the Presidential Debate On Campus Midwest Regional Fall Policy Workshop Blum speaks at Vermont Campus Compact conference Coverage of the Johns Hopkins Chapter Launch > More "You must do the things you think you cannot do." — Eleanor Roosevelt    Noah Parden Center for Economic and Social Justice > Roosevelt Home > UT Chattanooga > UTC Economic & Social Justice Your name: Your email: Recipient's name: Recipient's email: Message: To prevent spam, please enter the first letter of the recipient's email and the first letter of the recipient's name in the box below (for example, if the name is "John Doe" and the email is "bigjohn@johndoe.com", you would enter "jb"): Noah Parden Center for Economic & Social Justice  Derek Gosma, Director   Named for Noah Parden, this center is devoted to researching and proposing policy in economic and social justice.  Noah Parden was the attorney who represented Ed Johnson in the early 1900s. Johnson was a black man on trial for the rape of a white woman.  Ed Johnson was found guilty with an unfair trial and was sentenced to hang.  The people of Chattanooga, along with Sheriff, Shipp, did not let Mr. Johnson await his execution.  He was lynched on the Walnut Street Bridge.  Leroy Phillips and Mark Curriden wrote the book, Contempt of Court detailing the events and trial.  In 2000,Hamilton County Criminal Court Judge, Doug Meyer reversed the guilty verdict of Ed Johnson to make right a wrong that had been on the books almost 100 years. After the trial, Noah Parden faded into obscurity and there is nothing, that we know of, in Chattanooga, praising his actions.   The Center for Economic and Social justice addresses issues relating to the judicial system, especially criminal law, social welfare programs, and economic regulation. CURRENT PROJECTS   If you would like to join this center, please register with the national site by clicking here and then contact the director.   Group members: Derek A Gosma   The Roosevelt Institution is a nonpartisan, nonprofit national think tank devoted to bringing students' policy ideas to the policy process. The opinions expressed on this site are exclusively those of its members. DC Headquarters: Roosevelt Institution / 2100 M St NW Suite 610 / Washington, DC 20037 || (202) 833-1359