A. T. Walden (1885-1965) A. T. Walden was a Austin Thomas Walden
was born in Fort Valley on April 12, 1885, to former slaves
Jennie Tomlin and Jeff Walden. He attended Fort Valley High and
Industrial School and was the lone graduate of the class of
1902. He received a bachelor's degree from Atlanta University in
1907 and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School
in 1911. Walden began practicing law in Macon in 1912. In June
1917 he joined the army and during World War I (1917-18) served
as a captain and assistant judge advocate. On May 18, 1918, he
married Mary Ellen Denney of Baltimore, Maryland. They had two
daughters, Jenelsie and Austella. He received an honorable
discharge from the military in February 1919 and that same year
moved his law practice to Atlanta. In 1948 Walden founded and
was president of the Gate City Bar Association for African
American lawyers in Atlanta. He was also a member of the Atlanta
and American Bar associations and litigated cases in all levels
of the court system