Raymond Pace Alexander

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Raymond Pace Alexander was a prominent African American civil rights lawyer, judge, and politician from Philadelphia who played a key role in challenging racial segregation in the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf African American
civil rights lawyer
human
judge
politician
birthDate 1897-10-13
birthPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1974-11-24
deathPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
educatedAt Central High School (Philadelphia) NERFINISHED
Harvard Law School
University of Pennsylvania
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African Americans
familyName Alexander NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork civil rights law
racial desegregation
genre civil rights advocacy
givenName Raymond NERFINISHED
hasHonorificPrefix Judge
hasPartnershipWith National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NERFINISHED
influenced later generations of Black lawyers and judges in Pennsylvania
influencedBy early 20th-century African American civil rights leaders
knownFor advocacy for African American civil rights in Philadelphia
challenging racial segregation in public accommodations
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableAchievement first African American judge on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia
prominent role in mid-20th-century civil rights litigation in Pennsylvania
notableCase desegregation cases involving Philadelphia institutions
notableStudentOrTrainee numerous younger African American lawyers in Philadelphia
notableWork desegregation of Girard College
legal challenges to racial segregation in Philadelphia
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
participantIn civil rights movement in the United States
positionHeld judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia
member of the Philadelphia City Council
religion Baptist
residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander NERFINISHED
workLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED

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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander spouse Raymond Pace Alexander