Roxborough, Charles Anthony III
- Identifier
- DBB-PER-01204
- Given Name
- Charles Anthony III
- Family Name
- Roxborough
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Year
- 1888
- Death Year
- 1963
- Description
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Charles Anthony Roxborough III was a prominent Black lawyer and politician in Detroit. He was the first African American elected to the Michigan State Senate in 1930, and he served until 1932. He had a law firm with partner Henry B. Taliaferro.
His brother John Roxborough was one of the wealthiest numbers bankers in Detroit. - Affiliation
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This person was affiliated with the following organization(s):
Roxborough & Taliaferro
Role: Owner and/or Operator - Book Pages
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This person, their family, or their business appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): 96, 97.
- References
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"Charles A. Roxborough," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_A._Roxborough
- Documentation
- 1927 Detroit Negro Business League Directory, 17 (Roxborough & Talifero)
- 1935 BTWTA Directory, 12, 20 (Roxborough & Taliaferro)
- Title
- Roxborough, Charles Anthony III