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Dec 12, 2023 · Joseph R. Booker received his BA from Arkansas Baptist College in 1914, where his father resided as president. He completed his law education at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in 1917. From 1918 to 1919, Booker served in the U.S. Army.
Booker graduated from that school in 1914, received his law degree from Northwestern University in 1917 and returned to Little Rock to practice law. He served in the Army during World War I .
He was one of eight children born to Joseph A. Booker, a civil rights activist minister and educator, and Mary J. (Carver) Booker. Booker received a B.A. from Arkansas Baptist College in 1914, and obtained his legal education at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), graduating in 1917.
May 21, 2017 · Despite the schools offering only "the most meager" rudiments of education, Booker was able to continue his education by attending the new Branch Normal College in Pine Bluff, the original name of...
Jun 6, 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.
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...
Opened in 1963, this school was named for Joseph Robert (J.R.) Booker (1893-1960), a prominent African-American attorney who became president of the National Bar Association. Booker originally was a junior high school. A library was added to the school in 1973.
