Chauncey eskridge biography

Eskridge grew up in Homewood, a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Chauncey Eskridge was an American attorney and judge.
Chauncey Eskridge (November 11, 1917 – January 18, 1988) was an American attorney and judge.

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He's not listed as a Tuskegee Airman pilot

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Chauncey Eskridge
Personal details
Born	(1917-11-11)November 11, 1917 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	January 18, 1988(1988-01-18) (aged 70) Oak Forest, Illinois
Spouse	Yvonne Eskridge (née Jackson)
Children	2
Occupation	Lawyer and judge
Education	Westinghouse High School Tuskegee Institute John Marshall Law School (Chicago)

Chauncey Eskridge (November 11, 1917 – January 18, 1988) was an American attorney and judge. He provided legal counseling for activist Martin Luther King Jr., one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. He served on the legal team of world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, and argued the Clay v. United States case in which the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Ali's conviction for refusing to serve in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.

Early life and education[]

Eskridge grew up in Homewood, a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Westinghouse High School. He graduated from the Tuskegee Institute in 1939.^[1] Du

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Chauncey Eskridge, 70, a retired Cook County Circuit Court associate judge, was legal counsel in the late 1960s for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He was with Rev. King when the Nobel Peace Prize winner was assassinated.

The judge also had represented world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and successfully argued the U.S. v. Cassius Clay Jr., aka Muhammad Ali, case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Services for Judge Eskridge, a resident of the Avalon Park neighborhood, are pending. He died in Oak Forest Hospital Monday, the national holiday celebrating Rev. King`s birth.

Judge Eskridge represented Rev. King in his last case, the City of Memphis v. Martin Luther King, before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He served as general counsel for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Foundation.

On April 4, 1968, he was in the Memphis apartment where Rev. King was staying when the civil rights leader walked onto the balcony and was shot. Judge Eskridge he