Dennis Cunningham
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 3
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- January 2, 1936
- Died
- March 5, 2022
- Place of birth
- Glencoe, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Dennis Cunningham, Esq.
Biography
Dennis Dickson Cunningham was an American civil rights lawyer. He was a founder of the People’s Law Office. After the killings of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, he successfully sued the United States government on behalf of the Black Panthers. In 1982, the case was settled for $1.85 million.
