Raymond Pace Alexander, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Raymond Pace Alexander

American civil rights leader

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1898

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1974

Profession: judge

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Raymond Pace Alexander (October 13, 1897 – November 24, 1974) was a civil rights leader, lawyer, politician, and the first African American judge appointed to the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas.
After graduation from Harvard Law School in 1923, Alexander became one of the leading civil rights attorneys in Philadelphia.
He represented black defendants in high-profile cases, including the Trenton Six, a group of black men arrested for murder in Trenton, New Jersey.
Alexander also entered the political realm, running for judge several times before being elected to a seat on the Philadelphia City Council in 1951.
After two terms in that office, Alexander was appointed to the Court of Common Pleas, the first black judge to sit on that court.
He served on the Common Pleas Court until his death in 1974.