Judge Harry A. Cole: First Black to Serve on Maryland's Highest Court

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Judge Harry A. Cole: First Black to Serve on Maryland's Highest Court

Judge Harry A. Cole, the first black to serve on Maryland's highest court and the first elected to the state Senate. Cole was born in Washington, D.C., Cole was one of five children. His father died while he was an infant and his mother moved the family back to Baltimore where she had grown up. […]

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