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''' Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs Taylor''' (b. Washington, D. C., 1932) appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by President [[Jimmy Carter]], 1979. She was the first black woman judge appointed to that District. She took senior status of the court in 1998.
Taylor education: Barnard College, B. A., 1954 and Yale Law School, LL. B., 1957.
== See also ==
*[[James B. Parsons]]
*[[Constance Baker Motley]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2345 Anna Diggs Taylor]
[[Category:Civil Rights]]
[[Category:Black History]]
[[Category:Judicial]]
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