A. Leon Higginbotham
As a Guest
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Remembering a Barrier-Breaking African American Judge
We remember Judge Leon Higganbotham, who died yesterday at the age of 70.
Former Chief Judge Leon Higginbotham on Racism in the Legal System
Higginbotham served in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He's an expert on race and the legal process and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His new book is "Shades of Freedom: Racial Politics and Presumptions of the American Legal Process"