Tobias Simon

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Tobias Simon was a Miami civil rights lawyer, perhaps best known for his work in the 60's, defending the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists. Mr. Simon, provided legal counsel regarding marches in Florida and throughout the Deep South. Simon also was a leader of Florida opposition to the death penalty in the 1960s and 1970s and was particularly concerned about the discriminatory imposition of the death penalty on blacks. Simon was a native of Montreal, a graduate of Harvard Law School, began his law career in New York, and moved to Miami. He died of cancer in February 1982, at the age of 52.