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	Hon. Harry Cole (1921-1999) Simmie Knox (1936- ) Photographic reproduction, 1999 39 ½ H x 35 W in. Presented, October 13, 1999 Donor, Commissioned by the Baltimore Courthouse & Law Museum Foundation Owner, Baltimore City Circuit Court Private Career: Admitted to the bar, 1949 Practiced law at Brown, Allen & Watts, 1949-1951 Public Service: Justice of the Peace, Baltimore City, 1951-1952 Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, 1953-1954 Maryland State Senator, Baltimore City, 1955-1958 First chairman, Maryland Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, 1958 Associate Judge, Municipal Court of Baltimore City, 1967 Associate Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1967-1977 Associate Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1977-1991 Comments: The first African-American elected to the Maryland General Assembly. The first African-American Assistant Attorney General of Maryland. The first African-American appointed judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals; appointed by Acting Governor Blair Lee IV. Named one of the pre-eminent Baltimore lawyers and judges of the 20th century.
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