1954 newspaper WADE McCREE named 1st NEGR0 JUDGE 6th Circuit US COURT of APPEALS

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1954 newspaper WADE McCREE, Jr becomes the 1st NEGR0 named as a US Circuit Court of Appeals judge in the 6th Circuit of the US -
inv # 9X-219
SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
Detroit News
(MI) dated Oct 9, 1954.
This newspaper contains a prominent front page heading and photo with news of the
appointment of Wade H. McCree, Jr as a judge for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals (Michigan). McCree was the first African-American named as a US Circuit Court of Appeals judge in the Sixth Circuit
.
This is a milestone in African-American history !!!
Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. (July 3, 1920 – August 30, 1987) was an
American
attorney, judge, public official and
law professor
. He was the first
African American
appointed to the
U.S. Court of Appeals
for the
Sixth Circuit
and the second African-American
Solicitor General
in the history of the United States. He joined the faculty of the
University of Michigan Law School
after leaving government service in 1981, and taught there until the time of his death.
McCree and his wife, Dores, a graduate of
Simmons College
, then moved to her hometown of
Detroit, Michigan
where they raised three children. McCree practiced law at the legendary black law firm of Bledsoe & Taylor from 1948 to 1952. He began his long career in public service in 1953 when was appointed to the
Workman's Compensation
Commission by Michigan Governor
G. Mennen Williams
. Two years later McCree became the first African-American to be appointed to the Circuit Court for
Wayne County, Michigan
, and served on that court from 1954 to 1961.
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