Cobb, James A. (James Adlai), 1876-1958
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found: NUCMC data from Library of Congress Manuscript Division for Spingarn, A. Papers, 1850-1967(Cobb, James A.; correspondent)
found: Dic. of Am. Negro bio., 1982(Cobb, James A(dlai); lawyer, educator, judge, and civil rights leader; b. 1876; d. 1958)
found: NUCMC data from Moorland-Spingarn Research Center for His Papers, ca. 1917-1936(James Adlai Cobb, 1876-1958; lawyer and municipal court judge, of Washington, D.C.; also faculty member at Howard University)
found: African American National Biography, accessed May 12, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Cobb, James Adlai; lawyer, jurist / judge, educator, civil rights activist; born 1876 near Shreveport, Louisiana, United States; studied at Straight University in New Orleans and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee; after relocating to Washington, D.C. he continued his education and graduated from Howard University with a bachelor of law degree (1899); was awarded a JD from Howard University School of Law (1900), was admitted to the Washington, D.C. bar (1901) and began practicing law; was appointed special assistant in the U.S. Department of Justice, and later made his way to the office of U.S. Attorney (1907); the first African American to be appointed as an assistant U.S. attorney in the legal department of the Department of Justice (1907-1915); was affiliated with the Republican Party and attended the Republican National Convention as a delegate (1920 and 1924); returned to private law practice and later established the law firm of Cobb, Howard, and Hayes; was appointed vice dean of Howard University School of Law (1923-1929); was a judge in the District of Columbia's Municipal Court (1926); the Washington Bar Association honored him with a tribute (1940); received the Howard University Achievement Award for Distinguished Post-Graduate Service in the Field of Law (1955); served as a board member of the NAACP, the Urban League, and the local Selective Service Board, and as a trustee of the Washington Public Library; died 14 October 1958 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
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1996-05-31: new
2015-12-21: revised
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