Judge L. Clifford Davis
Title
Judge L. Clifford Davis
Subject
Davis, L. Clifford
Distinguished Alumnus
Class of
1945
Education
- BA - Business Administration, Philander Smith College, 1945
- J. D. - Howard University (Law), 1949
- Graduate Studies in Economics, Atlanta University
Occupation
- Judge, Tarrant County District Criminal Court #2, 1983-88
- Visiting and Senior District Judge, 1989-2004
- Of Counsel, Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell
- General Practitioner of Law, 1953-83, 2003-
- Assistant Professor of Business, Paul Quinn College
- Organized the Forth Worth Black Bar Association
- Filed federal lawsuit to integrate the Fort Worth Independent School District
- Opened one of the 1st African American law offices in Fort Worth Texas
- Military Service, 1954-55
Affiliations
- Member St. Andrews United Methodist Church
- Executive Board, Local NAACP
- Executive Board, L. Clifford Davis Legal Association
- Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
- Executive Board, Carver Heights Neighborhood Association
- National Bar Association
Honors and Awards
- PSC Distinguished Alumnus, 1995
- Living Legend, Cowboys of Color Museum, Fort Worth, 1995
- Silver Gavel, Tarrant County Bar Association
- National Bar Association Hall of Fame
- The William Ming Award, NAACP
- L. Clifford Davis Elementary School, 2002
- Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, 2007
- The Blackstone Award, Tarrant County Bar Association
- Lifetime Achievement Award, The Fort Worth Business, 2015
- Lifetime Achievement Award, The Texas Lawyer Publication, 2015
- The Black Bar Association, renamed L. Clifford Davis Legal Association, 2014
Source
L. Clifford Davis, DistinguishedAlum. Alumni Affairs Collection, PSC Archives and Special Collections
Collection
Citation
“Judge L. Clifford Davis,” Philander Smith University Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, https://pscdigitalarchive.omeka.net/items/show/456.