| Sterling Foster Black | |
| Office: | Member of the New Mexico Senate |
| Term Start: | 1960 |
| Term End: | 1968 |
| Birth Date: | 12 September 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Education: | George Washington University Dartmouth College University of Arizona Columbia University |
Sterling Foster Black (September 12, 1924 - May 20, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Black was the son of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. Black served in the United States Army during World War II. Black went to the George Washington University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Arizona. He received his law degree from Columbia Law School. Black was also in the title insurance business in Los Alamos, New Mexico.[1] [2] He was a lawyer and had worked for the United States Atomic Energy Commission in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Black served in the New Mexico State Senate from 1960 to 1968 as a Democrat.[3] [4] [5] He was an outspoken critic of United States involvement in the Vietnam War, and served as the New Mexico state chairman of peace candidate Eugene McCarthy's presidential campaign.[6] Black died from cancer at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[7]