A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.: Who Will Carry the Baton?

19 Pages Posted: 4 Mar 2009

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F. Michael Higginbotham

University of Baltimore - School of Law

José F. Anderson

University of Baltimore - School of Law

Date Written: April 1, 2000

Abstract

It was a rainy November day during Thanksgiving weekend of 1997. The scene was the Washington, D.C., childhood home of Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.'s beloved wife. Our assignment was to assist in the removal, packing, and transport of a few prized family heirlooms that were to be taken to their home in Newton, Massachusetts.

On the early morning drive into Washington, D.C., our conversation was mostly idle chit-chat. Little did we know that the circumstances of the day would lead to an amazing set of discussions, the importance of which we could never have imagined at the time. When we arrived, we were greeted by "the Judge," who had just finished his breakfast. As we entered, he smiled and gave a sigh of relief noting that we had just enough time to pack up the items, load the car, and safely get to the airport even in the midst of the heavy rainfall.

Keywords: A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., race relations, discrimination, civil rights, mass media, academia, legal decisions, legal system

JEL Classification: K19, K39

Suggested Citation

Higginbotham, F. Michael and Anderson, Jose F., A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.: Who Will Carry the Baton? (April 1, 2000). Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1353362

F. Michael Higginbotham

University of Baltimore - School of Law ( email )

1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
United States

Jose F. Anderson (Contact Author)

University of Baltimore - School of Law ( email )

1420 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
United States

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