Raymond Pace Alexander : Meeting the challenge of the black attorney.
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Alexander, Raymond Pace, 1898-1974
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Raymond Pace Alexander (October 13, 1897 – November 24, 1974) was an American civil rights leader, lawyer, politician, and the first African American judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas. A native Philadelphian, he was born in 1897 into a large working class family. He graduated from Central High School in 1917; entered the University of Pennsylvania in the fall of 1917; graduated from the Wharton School in 1920 and from Harvard Law School in June 1923. He was admitted to...
Lyon, Marvin P., 1969-
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Marvin P. Lyon, Jr. submitted this paper in partial fulfillment of the requirements for honors in American History, April 9, 1990. Raymond Pace Alexander (1898-1974) was a prominent black trial lawyer from 1924 to 1959 when he was appointed the Court of Common Pleas as judge. Much of his energy was devoted to cases concerning the protection of civil liberties of minority people. From the description of Raymond Pace Alexander : Meeting the challenge of the bla...
