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Curtis Cavielle Taylor (1896–1967) was an African American pioneering criminal attorney and civil rights lawyer.^[1]^[2]^[3] He was nicknamed, "The Black Clarence Darrow".^[4] Taylor lived in Los Angeles, California.^[5]^[6]

Biography

Curtis Cavielle Taylor was born in 1896 in Edna, Jackson County, Texas.^[7] His cousin was Hobart Taylor.^[8] He graduated from Prairie View A&M University (1917); and Howard University Law School (1926).^[1]^[9]

Taylor was admitted to the State Bar of California in March 1927 and opened up a private legal practice in Los Angeles.^[1] He wrote a news column, "Pertinent Personalities" for The Pacific Defender newspaper around 1927.^[10] He married Lotus Blossom Roberts on April 11, 1940 in Yuma, Arizona.^[11]

His involvement in the Rush Griffin murder case of 1934, led to a statute regarding stays for capital cases in California.^[1]^[12] He was one of the lawyers in 1938 for George Farley, who killed two Deputy Marshals when they came to his house to evict him.^[13] In 1958, Taylor was shot in his office by Warren Willie Stroud. Taylor was representing Stroud's wife who was filing a court case for spousal abuse.^[14]^[15] He survived the shooting.^[15]

In 1959, Taylor was honored with the alumni award during the convocation address at Prairie View A&M University.^[16] Judge Earl C. Broady, who began his legal career working in Taylor's office, gave a million dollar gift to Howard University in 1987 in his honor.^[7] The UCLA Library has numerous photos of him with other prominent African Americans in their archival collection.^[17]

Death and legacy

Taylor died in September 1967 at Sawtelle Veterans Administration Hospital in Los Angeles, California.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Smith Jr., J. Clay (July 26, 1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 525. ISBN 0812216857 – via Google Books.
^ "Party at Curtis C. Taylor's house, Los Angeles, 1940s - UCLA Library Digital Collections". digital.library.ucla.edu.
^ DeCoy, Robert H. (July 26, 1969). "This is Progress: The Blue Book Manual of Nigritian History, American Descendants of African Origin, Textbook, Reference, Study Guide, Encyclopedia". Nigritian, Incorporated – via Google Books.
^ "Farley Doesn't Remember Killing Deputies, Says Everything "Went Black" When Evictors Shoved". The Pittsburgh Courier. 1938-05-28. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ "Legal Directory". The Crisis. Vol. 46, no. 9. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. September 26, 1939. p. 284. ISSN 0011-1422 – via Google Books.
^ "Liaison Movement Launched in West". The Pittsburgh Courier. 1928-02-11. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ ^a ^b Smith Jr., J. Clay (April 24, 1987). "Alumnus Inspired Million Dollar Gift". Howard University.
^ ^a ^b "Obituary for Curtis CL Taylor". Southwest Topics-Wave. 1967-09-28. p. 35. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ "1926 Graduation from Howard with an Award". Evening Star. 1926-06-13. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ "Two Race Men Pass State Bar". The Topeka Plaindealer. 1927-04-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ Angeleno, Molly (1940-08-24). "The Curtis Taylors' Marriage Reception Takes Angel City Spot". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ "Rush Griffin Will Hang For Student Death, Accomplice Escapes Gallows; Pair Will Appeal". California Eagle. 1935-01-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ "Mass Meet Monday As Trial Date Nears". California Eagle. 1938-04-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ "Los Angeles Lawyer Shot By Mystery Man". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. December 18, 1958. p. 6 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Atty. Taylor Tells Court of Shooting". California Eagle. 1958-12-25. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
^ 83rd Convocation Exercises, 18th Annual Convocation. Prairie View, TX: Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College. May 24, 1959. p. 8.
^ "Names: Taylor, Curtis C. (Cavielle), 1896-1967 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results". digital.library.ucla.edu.

[cav-1] Smith Jr., J. Clay (July 26, 1999). Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 525. ISBN 0812216857 – via Google Books.

[2] "Party at Curtis C. Taylor's house, Los Angeles, 1940s - UCLA Library Digital Collections". digital.library.ucla.edu.

[3] DeCoy, Robert H. (July 26, 1969). "This is Progress: The Blue Book Manual of Nigritian History, American Descendants of African Origin, Textbook, Reference, Study Guide, Encyclopedia". Nigritian, Incorporated – via Google Books.

[4] "Farley Doesn't Remember Killing Deputies, Says Everything "Went Black" When Evictors Shoved". The Pittsburgh Courier. 1938-05-28. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[5] "Legal Directory". The Crisis. Vol. 46, no. 9. The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. September 26, 1939. p. 284. ISSN 0011-1422 – via Google Books.

[6] "Liaison Movement Launched in West". The Pittsburgh Courier. 1928-02-11. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[:0-7] Smith Jr., J. Clay (April 24, 1987). "Alumnus Inspired Million Dollar Gift". Howard University.

[:2-8] "Obituary for Curtis CL Taylor". Southwest Topics-Wave. 1967-09-28. p. 35. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[9] "1926 Graduation from Howard with an Award". Evening Star. 1926-06-13. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[10] "Two Race Men Pass State Bar". The Topeka Plaindealer. 1927-04-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[11] Angeleno, Molly (1940-08-24). "The Curtis Taylors' Marriage Reception Takes Angel City Spot". The Pittsburgh Courier. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[12] "Rush Griffin Will Hang For Student Death, Accomplice Escapes Gallows; Pair Will Appeal". California Eagle. 1935-01-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[13] "Mass Meet Monday As Trial Date Nears". California Eagle. 1938-04-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[14] "Los Angeles Lawyer Shot By Mystery Man". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. December 18, 1958. p. 6 – via Google Books.

[:1-15] "Atty. Taylor Tells Court of Shooting". California Eagle. 1958-12-25. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-11-09.

[16] 83rd Convocation Exercises, 18th Annual Convocation. Prairie View, TX: Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical College. May 24, 1959. p. 8.

[17] "Names: Taylor, Curtis C. (Cavielle), 1896-1967 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results". digital.library.ucla.edu.

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