The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Gabrielle Kirk McDonald

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Gabrielle Kirk McDonald

8/27/2014

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2014.184

Judge and educator The Honorable Gabrielle Kirk McDonald (1942 - ) was the first African American to be appointed to the federal bench in Texas and the third African American woman federal judge in the country. She also served as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and as an arbitrator on the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal. McDonald was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 8/27/2014, in New York, New York. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 10; Total Run Time: 04h 52m 16s

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Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald was born on April 12, 1942 in St. Paul, Minnesota to James Kirk and Frances English. McDonald was raised in Manhattan, New York and in Teaneck, New Jersey, where she graduated from Teaneck High School in 1959. In the early 1960s, she attended Boston University and Hunter College. She then went on to attend Howard University School of Law, where she was Notes Editor for theHoward Law Journaland received several academic awards. McDonald graduated cum laude and first ...