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Bruce McMarion Wright
(1918-2005)
New Jersey & New York
Justice Wright was born in Princeton, New Jersey and reared in Harlem, New York. Wright graduated from Lincoln University, attended Fordham Law School and obtained his law degree from New York Law School. After obtaining his law degree he worked for the law firm, Proskauer Rose, where he represented jazz legends Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Max Roach. From 1970 to 1982, Wright worked as a criminal and civil lawyer. He retired from the bench in 1995.
Justice Wright was made an honorary member of Princeton's 2001 graduating class after having been awarded a scholarship to attend Princeton in 1939, but then being denied admission when the university learned that he was black. (Wright's father is an African-American, his mother is white.) Wright was denied admission to Notre Dame on the same grounds. [Source: Bruce Wright, Black Robes, White Justice (Secaucus, New Jersey: Lyle Stuart Inc., 1987)]
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A Different Judge Steve Whitman and Judge Bruce Wright, 1989 That summer of 1989 we brainstormed about what to do for our fall program. It was no longer a question of “should we have a fall program?” but only “what should it be?” We decided to hold a conference that would address racism in the criminal justice system overall. We approached the National Committee to Free Puerto Rican Prisoners of War to co-sponsor the event and they agreed. We had just finished reading a wonderful book entitled Black Robes, White Justice by an African-American New York Supreme Court Judge. Bruce Wright had been a judge for over 19 years, and a New York State Supreme Court justice since he was first elected in 1982. He was also a published poet and edited a volume of poetry along with Langston Hughes. His resume revealed a long list of honors and awards, but he was perhaps most well-known for his controversial policy of refusing to demand excessive bail from poor defendants. In fact, he was referred to by friends and ene Bruce McMarion Wright (born Marion Bruce Wright, December 19, 1917 – March 24, 2005) was an American jurist who served on the New York State Supreme Court. Judge Wright was also the father of Geoffrey D.S. Wright, a New York State Supreme Court Justice, and Keith L.T. Wright, a member of the New York State Assembly. Wright was born in Baltimore, Maryland, raised in Princeton, New Jersey, and spent the majority of his adult life living in Harlem, New York. In 1939, Wright was awarded a scholarship to attend Princeton University, but denied admission when he arrived and the Dean of Admissions, Radcliffe Heermance, learned that he was black.[1][2] Wright was denied admission to Notre Dame on the same grounds. He studied at Virginia Union University, and graduated from Lincoln University in 1942.[2] Wright then served in a U.S. Army segregated medical unit during World War II. He volunteered for combat duty, and was assigned to Company K, 16th Infantry Regiment. After the war, he went AWOL,[3] making
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