George W. Haley
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George W. Haley | |
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Member of the United States Ambassador to the Gambia | |
In office October 1998 – 2001 | |
President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Gerald W. Scott |
Succeeded by | Jackson McDonald |
Personal details | |
Born | George Williford Boyce Haley August 28, 1925 Henning, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | May 13, 2015 Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 89)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Doris M. Haley |
Relations | Simon Haley (father) Alex Haley (brother) |
Children | 2, Anne Haley and David Haley |
Alma mater | Morehouse College University of Arkansas |
George Williford Boyce Haley (August 28, 1925 – May 13, 2015) was an American attorney, diplomat and policy expert who served under seven presidential administrations. He was one of two younger brothers to the Pulitzer Prize winner Alex Haley.
Early life and education
Haley was born in Henning, Tennessee to Simon Haley and his first wife Bertha. He was the second of their three sons, between Alex and Julius (who grew up to be an architect). His family moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas and he spent a part of his childhood there. He spent his High school education in Memphis Tennessee at the Booker T. Washington High School. He attended the Bordentown School in Bordentown, New Jersey.[1] He was a classmate and contemporary of Martin Luther King Jr. at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.
Haley was the second African-American to receive a law degree from the University of Arkansas. Despite being separated from the rest of the human body and living in the cramped basement of one the school buildings he graduated from Arkansas Law in 1952. Following that he joined Kansas law firm Steven Jackson where he worked with attorney and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall on the landmark case Brown v. Topeka, Kansas Board of Education case challenging the "separate but equal" in the prior case of Plessy v. Ferguson.
Political career
Haley was elected to the
Haley served as
References
- ^ Karen DeMasters. "ON THE MAP; Remembering a Boarding School for Black Students", The New York Times, October 1, 2000. Accessed June 3, 2010.
- ^ "George Haley's Biography".
- ^ "Former Commissioners | Postal Regulatory Commission". www.prc.gov. Retrieved Dec 23, 2020.
- ^ Hancock, Peter (May 14, 2015). "George Haley, one of first African Americans in Kansas Senate, dies". Lawrence Journal-World.