Capitol District in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Spottswood W. Robinson III
Photographed by Kevin W., May 22, 2021
1. Spottswood W. Robinson III Marker
Inscription.
Spottswood W. Robinson III, a Richmond native, fought against Jim Crow laws that made African Americans second-class citizens. An attorney, he worked for the Virginia NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and helped to argue a school desegregation case that culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Robinson was dean of the Howard University School of Law from 1960-1963. He became the first African American to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1964-1966), and was later the first to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia as a judge (1966-1981) and as chief judge (1981-1986).
Spottswood W. Robinson III, a Richmond native, fought against Jim Crow laws that made African Americans second-class citizens. An attorney, he worked for the Virginia NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and helped to argue a school desegregation case that culminated in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Robinson was dean of the Howard University School of Law from 1960-1963. He became the first African American to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1964-1966), and was later the first to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia as a judge (1966-1981) and as chief judge (1981-1986).
Erected 2020 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SA-1.)
Location. 37° 32.227′ N, 77° 26.059′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in the Capitol District. It is on East Main Street (U.S. 60) just west of North 12th Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1104 E Main St, Richmond VA 23219, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2021, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 435 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2021, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
