Names: Gordon, Walter A. (Walter Arthur), 1894-1976 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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Description:: Walter A, Gordon was the first African American to receive a doctorate of law from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawyer, assistant football coach, member of the California Adult Authority, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, and a Federal District Judge. [Wikipedia]
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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Description:: Walter A, Gordon was the first African American to receive a doctorate of law from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawyer, assistant football coach, member of the California Adult Authority, Governor of the United States Virgin Islands, and a Federal District Judge. [Wikipedia]
Date:: May 1922
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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