A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
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1928 – 1998
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Who was A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.?
Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. was a prominent African-American civil rights advocate, author, and federal appeals court judge. Higginbotham was the seventh African-American Article III judge appointed in the United States, and the first African-American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He served as Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals from 1990 to 1991. He used the name "Leon" informally.
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- Born
- Feb 25, 1928
Ewing Township - Also known as
- A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
- Judge Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
- Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.
- Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale Law School
- Antioch College
- Yale University
- Employment
- Harvard University
- Died
- Dec 14, 1998
Boston
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on July 23, 2013
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