Joseph Waddy Judge

 

Joseph Waddy

Judge

The Honorable Joseph Waddy served as an Adjunct Professor, Howard University’s Law School 1966-1967. President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia March 4, 1967; he fought to end the discrimination practices of unions that excluded black railroad workers in the 1940s and 1950s. After a distinctive 40-year career of public service and fighting for civil rights, this distinguished Alexandrian died August, 1978.