A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.

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gptkb:Spingarn_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1928-02-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Trenton,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:child gptkb:Kenneth_Higginbotham
Ann Higginbotham
Karen Higginbotham
Stephen Higginbotham
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gptkbp:fullName Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
gptkbp:knownFor civil rights advocacy
legal scholarship
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gptkbp:notableWork In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process
Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Process
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author
civil rights advocate
gptkbp:positionHeld United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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gptkbp:servedAs Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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Shirley A. Higginbotham
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