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Matthew James Perry Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina · 1979
Matthew James Perry Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Education
- Colored Normal Industrial & Mechanical College of S. Car. (now S. Car. State U.)B.S., 1948
- South Carolina State School of LawLL.B., 1951
Career
U.S. Army, 1943-1946; Private practice, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1951-1961; Private practice, Columbia, South Carolina, 1961-1976
Biography
Matthew James Perry Jr. (August 3, 1921 – July 29, 2011) was an attorney and in 1979 appointed as the first African-American United States district judge in South Carolina, serving on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
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