honorary degrees from Excelsior College, University of Massachusetts Boston Books He is the author of Massachusetts Juvenile Law, a volume of the Massachusetts Practice Series. See also List of African-American jurists References 1944 births Living people 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people African-American judges Chief Justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Columbia Law School alumni Harvard Law School alumni Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) alumni Northeastern University alumni People from Springfield, Massachusetts