Swearing in of A. T. Walden

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Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen (right) swears in A. T. Walden as judge of the Atlanta Municipal Court on February 3, 1964. Walden, the first Black judge appointed in Georgia following Reconstruction, served as president of Atlanta's NAACP branch from 1924 to 1936.

Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Swearing in of A. T. Walden

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