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Mack Barham received his undergraduate degree from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder. He then entered the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], at which in 1946, he obtained his law license. Two years later, at the age of twenty-four, he was elected municipal judge of Bastrop, a position which he held until 1962, when he was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]-based Louisiana 4th Judicial District Court bench on which he served for six years until 1968.
Mack Barham received his undergraduate degree from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder. He then entered the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], at which in 1946, he obtained his law license. Two years later, at the age of twenty-four, he was elected municipal judge of Bastrop, a position which he held until 1962, when he was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]-based Louisiana 4th Judicial District Court bench on which he served for six years until 1968.
==The law and Justice Barham==
==The law and Justice Barham==
On the Supreme Court, Barham and Justice Albert A. Tate, Jr. (1920-1986), originally from Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, formed a coalition that led to a 4-3 majority of younger judges who began the implementation of the [[civil rights]] decisions of the [[United States Supreme Court]].
On the Supreme Court, Barham and Justice Albert A. Tate, Jr. (1920-1986), originally from Opelousas in St. Landry Parish, formed a coalition that led to a 4-3 majority of younger judges who began the implementation of the [[civil rights]] decisions of the [[United States Supreme Court]].