List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Tennessee

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

Firsts in state history

  • William F. Yardley (1872):[1] First African American male lawyer to argue a case before the Tennessee Supreme Court (1883)
  • Frederick McGee (1885):[2] First African American male lawyer in Tennessee
  • Benjamin Hooks (1948):[3][4][5] First African American male judge in Tennessee since Reconstruction Era (1965)
  • Odell Horton (1956):[6] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (1980). He was also the first African American male to serve as the Assistant U.S. Attorney for Tennessee.
  • A. A. Birch Jr. (1956):[7] First African American male appointed as the Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1994). He was also the first African American male to serve as a prosecutor and judge in Davidson County, Tennessee.
  • William Joseph Haynes Jr. (1973):[8] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (1999)
  • George H. Brown:[9][10] First African American male appointed as a Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court (1980)

Firsts in local history

Alphabetized by county name

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yardley, William Francis (1844-1924) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  2. ↑ "McGhee, Fredrick L. (1861-1912) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  3. ↑ Brock, Roslyn M. (2010-05-03). "Benjamin Hooks". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  4. ↑ Inc, The Crisis Publishing Company (2010). The Crisis. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.
  5. ↑ "Milestones". benfjones.org. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  6. ↑ Staff, From Times; Reports, Wire (2006-02-24). "Odell Horton, 77; First Modern Black Federal Judge in Tennessee". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  7. ↑ "Justice A.A. Birch dies at age 78". Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  8. ↑ "Judge 'Joe' Haynes Jr. plans to take a step back". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2018-01-19.
  9. ↑ Ely, James W.; (Jr.), Theodore Brown (2002). A History of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572331785.
  10. ↑ Sabato, Larry (2003). Midterm Madness: The Elections of 2002. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780742526860.
  11. ↑ King, Lovalerie (2003). A Student's Guide to African American Literature, 1760 to the Present. Peter Lang. ISBN 9780820455211.
  12. ↑ "No Story Untold - Parthenon Publishing". Parthenon Publishing. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  13. ↑ "Classmate Announcements - Vanderbilt Lawyer (Volume 37, Number 1)". law.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  14. ↑ Smith, Jessie Carney (2012-12-01). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578594245.
  15. ↑ "The Leaf-Chronicle from Clarksville, Tennessee on October 16, 2012 · Page E4". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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