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Cordell D. Meeks Sr.
Cordell D. Meeks, Sr. (September 25, 1914December 8, 1987) was the first black District Court judge in Kansas.
== Biography ==
He was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 25, 1914 to his parents Mossie Ella Meeks and Charles Arthur Meeks. He moved to Wyandotte County when he was thirteen. His father was a teacher and a Minister for the Church of God in Christ and his mother was a missionary and a housewife. After the Stock Market Crash of 1929, his father left Kansas to look for work; although For a while he would send money and letters, he later stopped and eventually lost all contact with his family.
Living in Kansas City, Kansas, Meeks attended Northeast Jr. High School, which was the only Jr. High for black students in the city, and then Sumner High School, where he was elected president of his senior class. He had known since eighth grade that he wanted to be a lawyer, so after high school he studied politics at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS. He went on to receive his L.L.B. and his Doctor of Jurisprudence from KU Law and graduated in 1939.uring his time at KU he worked on political campaigns and also spoke out against discrimination on campus He was the second black man elected to the Student Council and was elected President of his fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha. Years later, he became the Director of the University of Kansas National Alumni Association.
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