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Political party. Republican. Joseph Robert Booker (or J. R. Booker; September 19, 1893 – July 31, 1960) was an African-American rights leader, lawyer, and politician from Arkansas . Booker was born on September 19, 1893, in Helena, Arkansas. His father, Rev. Joseph A. Booker, was president of Arkansas Baptist College from 1887 to 1926.
Joseph Robert (J.R.) Booker was born in Helena (Phillips County), Arkansas, on September 19, 1893, and admitted to practice before the state supreme court on June 30, 1919. He was one of eight children born to Joseph A. Booker, a civil rights activist minister and educator, and Mary J. (Carver) Booker.
Dec 12, 2023 · Joseph Robert Booker was a Little Rock (Pulaski County) lawyer and a member of one of the most prominent African American families in the city in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. During his practice spanning from the 1920s to 1950s, Booker took on cases primarily relating to civil rights.
May 31, 2023 · In Arkansas, two African American brothers, Joseph Robert Booker and William A. Booker, both became lawyers and built a powerful law firm in Little Rock in a time when few African Americans...
Joseph Robert Booker (or J. R. Booker; September 19, 1893 – July 31, 1960) was an African-American rights leader, lawyer, and politician from Arkansas.
Feb 28, 2024 · In a poignant display of respect and admiration, hundreds of Knoxville community members including state and local leaders came together to pay homage to the unparalleled legacy of Robert J....
May 31, 2023 · In Arkansas, two African American brothers, Joseph Robert Booker and William A. Booker, both became lawyers and built a powerful law firm in Little Rock in a time when few African Americans could even practice law in the state. These two brothers would lead the charge in several prominent cases that had lasting effects on Arkansas.
