from muhammad ali's success to diane sawyer's groundbreaking work in journalism. there's evidence of their legacies throughout our community. it's in the stories we tell, it's in the history embeded in our neighborhoods, and it's seen on the banners hung in their honor throughout town. we are proud that our city has been home to people who have changed the world in the realms of athletics, literature, art, music, business, and in the case of the man we are celebrating today, law. louis d. bran sighs was born in louisville, kentucky, in 1856. the son of immigrants. it was to louisville he would return throughout his life. it was the cradle of a burgeoning immigrant communities of 19th century louisville that brandeis began his distinguished career. he excelled first in louisville's male high school and then harvard law before beginning a successful career as a lawyer and academic and laettner 1916 to the bench of the united states supreme court. when he was dominate -- nominated by woodrow wilson as the first jewish justice. the achievements of justice brandeis go