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List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Louisiana

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Louisiana. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such as becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history edit

 
Ernest Morial: First African American male Judge of the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal (1970)
 
Ivan L.R. Lemelle: First African American male U.S. Magistrate of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1984)

Lawyer edit

  • C. Clay Morgan (1860):[1] First African American male lawyer in Louisiana

State judges edit

Federal judges edit

United States Attorneys edit

Assistant United States Attorney edit

District Attorney edit

  • Charles Shropshire:[25] First African American male elected as a District Attorney in Louisiana (1996)

Assistant District Attorney edit

  • J. Edward "Eddie" Hines Jr.:[26][27] First African American male to serve as an Assistant District Attorney in Louisiana (1979)

Bar Association edit

  • Wayne J. Lee:[28] First African American male to serve as the President of the Louisiana State Bar Association

Firsts in local history edit

See also edit

Other topics of interest edit

References edit

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  4. ^ Flucker, Turry (2012-09-18). African Americans of New Orleans. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4396-2241-4.
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  7. ^ a b c d "Breaking down barriers for black Terrebonne Parish voters". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. ^ a b Emanuel, Rachel L.; Tureaud, Alexander P. Jr. (2011-04-25). A More Noble Cause: A. P. Tureaud and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Louisiana. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3942-4.
  9. ^ a b writer, JOE GYAN JR | Staff. "How twin brothers went from inner city Baton Rouge to making history as judges". The Advocate. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  10. ^ a b "A Resolution Honoring Hon. Freddie Pitcher, Jr. for his many years of service as Chancellor of Southern University Law Center and to the Legal Profession of the State of Louisiana" (PDF). Louisiana State Bar Association. 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Judge Freddie Pitcher, Jr. – CLEO Judges Hall of Fame". cleoinc.org. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
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  16. ^ Morial, Marc H. (May 2009). "More Diversity on Federal Bench: Now is the Time" (PDF). Louisiana Bar Journal.
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  18. ^ a b "Judge Ralph E. Tyson Honored as 2009 Distinguished Alumnus | LSU Law – News". www.law.lsu.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  19. ^ "Senate confirms Shreveport attorney as first Black judge in Louisiana's Western District". The Times. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
  20. ^ Woods, Clyde Adrian (2017). Development Drowned and Reborn: The Blues and Bourbon Restorations in Post-Katrina New Orleans. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-5092-9.
  21. ^ Collins, Allyson (1998). Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States. Human Rights Watch. ISBN 978-1-56432-183-1.
  22. ^ Upon Jordan's appointment as a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1994
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  25. ^ a b "Charles Shropshire passes away". WAFB9. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  26. ^ a b Sigler, George (March 29, 1979). "Rapides' First Black Assistant DA". The Town Talk. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  27. ^ a b "State's first black Assistant D.A. dies". The Town Talk. January 26, 1992. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
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  34. ^ Morial, Marc H. (May 2009). "More Diversity on Federal Bench: Now is the Time" (PDF). Louisiana Bar Journal.
  35. ^ Schleifstein, Mark (2023-08-01). "John Mamoulides, Jefferson Parish district attorney and political kingmaker, dies at 90". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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  37. ^ ROBERTS III, FAIMON A. (2022-04-15). "More minority districts for the Jefferson Parish School Board? They're needed, some argue". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2023-08-01.
  38. ^ Writer, Nikki BuskeyStaff. "Lafourche NAACP banquet celebrates community, freedom". Houma Today. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
  39. ^ Walton, Hanes Jr.; Puckett, Sherman; Deskins, Donald R. Jr. (2012-07-20). The African American Electorate. SAGE. ISBN 978-0-87289-508-9.
  40. ^ Brown, Sarah Hart (2000-03-01). Standing Against Dragons: Three Southern Lawyers in an Era of Fear. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-4241-7.
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  42. ^ POPE, JOHN. "Bruce McConduit, first African American elected to Municipal Court bench, dead at 70". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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  48. ^ Schwartz, Natalie. "State seeks to overturn minority judge ruling". Daily Comet. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  49. ^ DeSantis, John. "The judge has made his ruling; now what next? No easy path ahead". The Times of Houma-Thibodaux. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
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