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Ronald Norwood Davies
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota · 1955
Ronald Norwood Davies , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. Ronald Norwood Davies (December 11, 1904 – April 18, 1996) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. He is best known for his role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis in the fall of 1957. Davies ordered the desegregation of the previously all-white Little Rock Central High.
Education
- University of North DakotaA.B., 1927
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)LL.B., 1930
Career
Private practice, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 1930-1932, 1940-1942, 1946-1955; Judge, Grand Forks [North Dakota] Municipal Court, 1932-1940; U.S. Army, 1942-1946
Biography
Ronald Norwood Davies (December 11, 1904 – April 18, 1996) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota. He is best known for his role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis in the fall of 1957. Davies ordered the desegregation of the previously all-white Little Rock Central High.
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