A. Leon Higginbotham Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.

American judge

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1928

Place of Birth: Ewing Township, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1998

Profession: judge, writer, lawyer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.
(February 25, 1928 – December 14, 1998) was a prominent African-American civil rights advocate, author, and federal court judge.
Higginbotham was the seventh African-American Article III judge appointed in the United States, and the first African-American United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
He was later appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, for which he served as Chief Judge from 1990 to 1991.
He used the name "Leon" informally.