Ralph Jr Boyd

WASHINGTON -- Ralph Boyd Jr. is the chief of the civil rights division of the Justice Department, but even in his own family he isn't considered much of a civil rights activist. The firebrand is his father, Ralph Boyd Sr., who grew up in Baltimore during the Depression and became a decorated member of a segregated infantry unit in World War II.

WASHINGTON -- Ralph Boyd Jr. is the chief of the civil rights division of the Justice Department, but even in his own family he isn't considered much of a civil rights activist. The firebrand is his father, Ralph Boyd Sr., who grew up in Baltimore during the Depression and became a decorated member of a segregated infantry unit in World War II.