I am John Marshall Harlan. I was born on June 1, 1833, in a notable family in Danville, Kentucky. I served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1877 until I passed away in 1911. Unique among my peers, I am often referred to as "The Great Dissenter" due to my unwavering defense of civil liberties in notable cases such as the Civil Rights Cases, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Giles v. Harris. My dissents, although initially met with disagreement, would eventually be embraced by the Supreme Court in the years following the Warren Court era.