{{Short description|American civil rights lawyer (1936–2022)}} '''Dennis Dickson Cunningham''' (January 2, 1936 – March 5, 2022) was an American civil rights lawyer. He was a founder of the People’s Law Office. After the killings of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, he successfully sued the United States government<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morris |first=Rose |title=Chronicle of the Seventh Son Black Panther Mark Clark |publisher=Rose Morris |year=2019 |isbn=978-1733581714 |location=United States |pages=205–214 |language=English}}</ref> on behalf of the Black Panthers. In 1982, the case was settled for $1.85 million.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/us/dennis-cunningham-dead.html|title=Dennis Cunningham, Civil Rights Lawyer for Varied Causes, Dies at 86|first=Sam|last=Roberts|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/news//313667|title=Dennis Cunningham, an attorney who represented gays in 'Castro Sweep' lawsuit, dies|website=Bay Area Reporter}}</ref>
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