Episode 1594
Raymond Pace Alexander
Wed, 2021-Sep-15 01:33 UTC
Length - 2:06
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The featured article for Wednesday, 15 September 2021 is Raymond Pace Alexander.
Raymond Pace Alexander (October 13, 1897 – November 24, 1974) was a civil rights leader, lawyer, politician, and the first African American judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, in 1920 he became the first black graduate of the Wharton School of Business. After graduation from Harvard Law School in 1923, Alexander became one of the leading civil rights attorneys in Philadelphia. He gained prominence as a black lawyer willing to fight for equal rights in the Berwyn desegregation case and represented black defendants in other high-profile cases, including the Trenton Six, a group of black men arrested for murder in Trenton, New Jersey.
Alexander also entered the political realm, unsuccessfully running for judge several times and was a candidate for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He finally won a seat on the Philadelphia City Council in 1951. After two terms in City Council, Alexander was appointed as the first black judge to sit on the Court of Common Pleas and continued to work for racial equality during this time.
Alexander assumed senior status at mandatory retirement age in 1969 and continued to serve until his death in 1974. His legacy is honored by a professorship at the University of Pennsylvania.
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