Texas History Minute

Barefoot Sanders

Barefoot Sanders was familiar figure in the Dallas legal community for years. As a judge, he became a powerful voice for justice. And not only did he make history, he was a witness to many important events in the twentieth century.

Harold Barefoot Sanders, Jr., was born in Dallas in 1925. Barefoot was his grandmother’s maiden name, Dennie Barefoot. Though he disliked the name as a y…