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American judge
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Female
Place of birth
Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
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CancerPlace of death
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, USA
Age
93 years
Education
Howard University School of Law
Hampton University
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Biography
Julia Cooper Mack (July 17, 1920 – January 17, 2014) was a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.She was appointed to this position in 1975.She was the first African-American women ever appointed to a court of last resort in the United States.
She earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics from Hampton University and her law degree from Howard University. One of her first law clerks was Allyson Kay Duncan, who went on to become the first African-American woman appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Sources
- Speaking Truth to Power: The Jurisprudence of Julia Cooper Mack, 40 Howard L.J. 291 (1996-1997)
- "Julia Cooper Mack, D.C. appellate judge, dies at 93". The Washington Post. January 30, 2014.
- Inez Smith Reid, Historical Links: The Remarkable Legacy and Legal Journey of the Honorable Julia Cooper Mack, 8 U.D.C. L. Rev. 303 (2004)
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