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Marjorie McKenzie Lawson was born on 2 March, 1912 in Pittsburgh, is a First black female judge in Washington D.C.. Discover Marjorie McKenzie Lawson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?

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Born 2 March, 1912
Birthday 2 March
Birthplace Pittsburgh
Date of death 2002
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Nationality District of Columbia

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1912

Marjorie McKenzie Lawson (March 2, 1912October 11, 2002) was an African American attorney and judge who served on multiple federal commissions.

Lawson's work as a lawyer focused on real estate development for urban renewal.

Marjorie Alice McKenzie was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1912.

Her parents were T. Wallace McKenzie and Gertrude Stiver McKenzie.

1933

She earned two degrees at the University of Michigan: a bachelor's degree in 1933 and a Master of Social Work in 1934.

1938

From 1938 to 1958, the Lawsons lived at 8 Logan Circle NW, at times renting their third floor to U.S. Representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Their residence is now part of Washington DC's African American Heritage Trail.

1939

After graduating from the University of Michigan, McKenzie moved to Washington, D.C. to attend the historically Black Terrell Law School, going on to graduate in 1939.

After a white lawyer with an Ivy League education received a job she had also applied for, she went back to get another law degree at Columbia Law School, saying she wanted there to be no doubts about her legal credentials.

They married in 1939 after her graduation.

They would work on civil rights cases together throughout their careers.

They had one child, Belford V. Lawson III, who would go on to become an attorney with the Federal Communications Commission.

Lawson was elected assistant secretary of the National Bar Association in 1939.

1941

From 1941 until 1955 Lawson wrote a weekly public affairs column for the Pittsburgh Courier, covering federal policies relating to African Americans.

1942

She was the Assistant Director of the Division of Review and Analysis of the Fair Employment Practices Committee from October 1942 to October 1945.

1950

She graduated from the Columbia Law School in 1950.

McKenzie met her husband, Belford Lawson Jr.., while she was studying for her law degree at the Terrell Law School, where he was a teacher.

During the 1950s, she was the general counsel to the National Council of Negro Women.

1954

In April 1954, Jet magazine reported that Lawson had filed for divorce, saying that her husband had been guilty of "extreme cruelty, mental in nature," which had impacted Lawson's health.

1957

They were remarried by 1957.

Lawson's career touched on multiple areas of civil rights law.

Her focus was on real estate tax law and the development of federally subsidized housing, working on urban renewal projects that benefited African-American residents.

Lawson met John F. Kennedy around 1957, when her husband was approached by the Senator's staff to work within Boston's Black community in advance of Kennedy's 1958 senatorial reelection campaign.

Belford did not want to leave his law practice, but suggested Marjorie would be the ideal person to manage that effort.

She went on to represent Kennedy at national gatherings of Black religious, political, and women's organizations.

1960

She worked as the civil rights director for John F. Kennedy's 1960 presidential campaign, garnering endorsements from prominent Black community leaders and advising his policy decisions.

She was selected to serve as the civil rights director for Kennedy's presidential campaign in 1960, connecting him with leading figures in the Black community and advising him on policy decisions for his platform.

1962

In 1962 she was appointed by President Kennedy as an associate judge for the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, making her the first Black woman judge in the District.

In 1962, Kennedy appointed Lawson as an associate judge on the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, making her the first Black woman judge in the District of Columbia as well as the first Black woman appointed by a president to a judicial post.

U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy attended Lawson's swearing in ceremony, delivering the commission from his brother.

That same year, Lawson was also appointed to the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity, established by Executive Order 10925 to investigate discrimination complaints.

1965

She was also appointed as the U.S. representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council in 1965.

In July 1965, she resigned from the Juvenile Court after Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her the vice chairman of the President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia (the District Crime Commission).

Just a few months later, in September 1965, Johnson appointed her as the United States representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

After that role ended, Lawson continued her work with urban renewal by cofounding the Model Inner City Community Organization, a citizens group advocating for the construction of public housing.

1990

She continued her practice in real estate law into the mid-1990s.

2002

Lawson died at her home in Bethesda, Maryland on October 11, 2002.