Law Professionals

Samuel W. Tucker

Civil Rights Attorney /Activist

Samuel W. Tucker, born June 18, 1913, was an outstanding civil rights attorney and legal academic who began his civil rights involvement at the age of 14, when he and his brother refused to give up their seat on a street car in Alexandria to a white person. Tucker later organized a “sit-down strike” protest in 1939 at the Alexandria Public Library, which did not issue library cards to black residents. In 2000, Alexandria’s Samuel W. Tucker Elementary School was dedicated in his honor.

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

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Cathy Grimes Miller

Athlete / Attorney

Cathy Grimes Miller was an outstanding basketball player at T.C. Williams High School, who was named an All-District, All-Region, All-Metropolitan and All-American player. She was an Academic All-American while attending the University of Virginia (UVA). She was the first female player to have her jersey retired by UVA.

 

 

 

 

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Judge Nolan Dawkins

Circuit Court Judge

The Honorable Judge Nolan B. Dawkins attended Parker-Gray High School until 1963 and is listed among the first African Americans to integrate George Washington High School. Judge Dawkins graduated from George Washington High School in 1965. He served as the chief judge for Alexandria Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. He became Alexandria’s first African American Circuit Court Judge in 2000.