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  1. 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. Booker graduated from that school ...

  2. Dec 12, 2023 · “Joseph Booker Family Photograph.” Photograph with detail biographical note. Persistence of the Spirit Collection. Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas. “Joseph Robert (J. R.) Booker.” Arkansas Black Lawyers. https://arkansasblacklawyers.uark.edu/lawyers/jrbooker.html (accessed December 12, 2023). Smith v.

  3. At various times, Booker also was a member of the Southwest Bar Association, the Wonder State Bar Association (a Black lawyers organization), and the American Judicature Society. Booker married Willa M. Jones in 1927. They had a son, Joseph R., Jr. J.R. Booker, Sr. died on July 31, 1960. Sources: Judith Kilpatrick, “ (EXTRA)Ordinary Men ...

  4. 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...

  5. Joseph Albert Booker was born on December 26, 1859, in Old Portland, Ashley County, Arkansas. He was born a slave to Albert and Mary Booker on the Bayou Bartholomew plantation owned by John Fisher. Mary died soon after Joseph's birth and his father was whipped to death when Joseph was three. He was charged with urging a slave revolt by teaching ...

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  7. Feb 28, 2024 · Robert Joseph Booker, he had a good name." Jones recounted Booker's humility, even in his final days. "He told me, 'I don't want a casket that costs $20,000 or $30,000. Because somebody in the ...

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