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Cobb, James A.

 

A native of Arcadia, Louisiana, James Cobb attended Straight University and Fisk University and studied law at Howard University. He was admitted to the bar in 1902 and began working for Howard University in 1917. Cobb was a member of the Washington Bar Association for black lawyers and a special assistant to the attorney general. In 1925 President Coolidge appointed him a municipal court judge; he was the only African American on the municipal bench.

Source:
"James A. Cobb Guest of Honor At Bar Dinner." Washington Post. 28 January, 1934. p.13.

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