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189Joined the army during World War Two to help fight for our rights He also joined the NAACP to help the group fight segregation in the death South He defended multiple students who had participated in sit ins and marches He had been credited to have helped mentor many civil rights activists Instead of forcing people to pay the fees of having a lawyers he often had them pay in foods like pies so he obviously wasn t in it for the money or fame When he was a young child his father died so he had to work jobs like digging ditches to support his family He was known to be very passionate in his trials yet he was always polite and considerate He never retired as he has stated that he wants to see the lives in the world improve He has also helped people like Senator Ernest Hollings realize how bad racism is by education them on it He did the Edwards vs South Carolina which has been cited in more than 70 other cases which was to protect the right to have protest marches He opened black classrooms for the unfortunate who were not given any education He tried cases such as hospital park colleges and university segregation in order to reform them to stop it or at least bring awareness
He did the Cummings vs City of Charleston trial he challenged the public golf course being segregated He knew that this could affect his family his career his entire life going against what society had given them Yet even when he was sure he was going to lose a case he kept polite and he fought for it to either win or at least bring more attention to the issue He paved the way for future African Americans he worked hard Never retiring even at 89 because he always wanted things to get better for the groups of people who needed it Perry told how when he met a judge the man was incredibly shocked that Perry was black as if that was so amazing and shocking that a black man was a lawyer Perry was able to keep a lighthearted outlook on certain memories where many would have turned bitter He never became racist and against the race that wronged him he just strived for better never welcoming the hatred as he easily could of In the State vs Edwards case he defended protesters who had been arrested because they had been disturbing the peace when they had done nothing besides voicing their opinion He also in the Stevenson vs West case he was able to get the South Carolina House of Representation reapportioned into one person districts leading to African Americans being able to get more representation
