The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Freddie Pitcher

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Freddie Pitcher

3/24/2008

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2008.058

Law professor, state appellate court judge, and lawyer The Honorable Freddie Pitcher (1945 - ) was the first African American City Court Judge in the history of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He served on the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals, authoring close to 200 judicial opinions. Pitcher was also chancellor of Southern University Law Center. Pitcher was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 3/24/2008, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 4; Total Run Time: 01h 59m 51s

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Pitcher, Freddie, 1945-

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Freddie Pitcher was born in Baton Rouge, La., on April 28, 1945, to Freddie Pitcher Sr. and Lucy Ingram Pitcher. He graduated from McKinley High School (1962) and Southern University (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1973). He co-founded the law firm of Pitcher, Tyson, Avery, and Cunningham and was elected Baton Rouge's first African-American city court judge in 1983. Pitcher also was elected judge of the 19th Judicial District Court (1987) and the First Circuit Court of Appeals (1992). He became a full profes...