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Date of Birth
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25-February-1928
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Place of Birth
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Ewing Township
(New Jersey, Mercer County)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., Judge Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.
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Profession
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Lawyer, Judge, Author
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Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr. was a prominent African-American civil rights advocate, author, and federal appeals court judge. Higginbotham was the seventh African-American Article III judge appointed in the United States, and the first African-American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He served as Chief Judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals from 1990 to 1991. He used the name "Leon" informally.
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