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William C. Pryor, the Glossary

William C. Pryor (May 29, 1932 – November 19, 2020) was a judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court for the District of Columbia.^[1]

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David A. Clarke School of Law faculty
Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American clergyman and civil rights movement leader, was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at 6:01 p.m. CST.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bell System

The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.

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Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality.

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Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire.

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David A. Clarke School of Law

The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC Law) is the law school of the University of the District of Columbia, a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C. It is named after David A. Clarke and was established in 1986 when, in response to a local grassroots campaign, the Council of the District of Columbia decided to take over assets of the Antioch School of Law, whose parent institution Antioch University had decided to close it in the face of increasing financial problems.

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District of Columbia Court of Appeals

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals is the highest court of the District of Columbia, the capital city of the United States.

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Dunbar High School (Washington, D.C.)

Paul Laurence Dunbar High School is a historically black public secondary school located in Washington, D.C. The school was America's first public high school for black students.

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Frank E. Schwelb

Frank Ernest Schwelb (June 24, 1932August 13, 2014) was a judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. William C. Pryor and Frank E. Schwelb are judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

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Georgetown University Law Center

The Georgetown University Law Center is the law school of Georgetown University, a private research university in Washington, D.C., United States.

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J. Walter Yeagley

J. William C. Pryor and J. Walter Yeagley are Assistant United States Attorneys and judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

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Jet (magazine)

Jet is an American weekly digital magazine focusing on news, culture, and entertainment related to the African-American community.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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Judith W. Rogers

Judith Ann Wilson Rogers (born July 27, 1939) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. William C. Pryor and Judith W. Rogers are African-American judges, Assistant United States Attorneys and judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

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Juris Doctor

A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Master of Laws

A Master of Laws (M.L. or LL.M.; Latin: Magister Legum or Legum Magister) is an advanced postgraduate academic degree, pursued by those either holding an undergraduate academic law degree, a professional law degree, or an undergraduate degree in a related subject.

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Michael W. Farrell

Michael William Farrell (born July 14, 1938) is a former judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, the highest court for the District of Columbia. William C. Pryor and Michael W. Farrell are Assistant United States Attorneys and judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

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Northfield Mount Hermon School

Northfield Mount Hermon School (abbreviated as NMH), is a co-educational college-preparatory school in Gill, Massachusetts.

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Pre-medical

Pre-medical (often referred to as pre-med) is an educational track that undergraduate students mostly in the United States pursue prior to becoming medical students.

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Reserve Officers' Training Corps

The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC; or) is a group of college- and university-based officer-training programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces.

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Senior status

Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges.

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Silver Spring, Maryland

Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, it is an edge city with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most populous place in Maryland after Baltimore, Columbia, Germantown, and Waldorf.

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Superior Court of the District of Columbia

The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, commonly referred to as DC Superior Court, is the trial court for the District of Columbia, in the United States.

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Theodore R. Newman Jr.

Theodore R. Newman Jr. (July 5, 1934 – January 6, 2023) was an American judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. William C. Pryor and Theodore R. Newman Jr. are 20th-century African-American lawyers, 21st-century African-American lawyers, African-American judges, judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and judges of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Pryor