Draft:Samuel Decatur McGill

Samuel Decatur McGill (April 23, 1878 - 1951) was a lawyer in Florida. He defended the Scottsboro Boys. He Judson Douglas Wermore, and Lawrence Purcell handled several landmark civil rights cases together heard before the Florida Supreme Court.

He was the son of Nathan and Agnes McGill. He studied at Dummer Academy in Massachusetts, and was a 1908 graduate of Boston University School of Law.

Weaving the Fabric of Freedom: A Reflection of the Black Legacy of Florida's First Coast

He was photographed as part of a delegation of “colored” leaders in Port au Prince, Haiti.