What is Anna Diggs Taylor?
[[File:Anna Diggs Taylor.jpg|right|200px]] '''Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs Taylor''' ('''Anna Katherine Johnston'''; December 9, 1932 &ndash; November 4, 2017) was an American judge. She served as United States District Judge for the [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan]] from 1979 through 1998. She was born [[Washington, D.C.]]. In 1979, she was appointed to the federal bench by President [[Jimmy Carter]], becoming the first black woman judge appointed to the Eastern District of Michigan. She became Chief Judge in 1997, and took senior status in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.daahp.wayne.edu/biographiesDisplay.php?id=64 |title=Biography at Detroit African-American History Project |access-date=2017-11-06 |archive-date=2013-01-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114013426/http://www.daahp.wayne.edu/biographiesDisplay.php?id=64 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Taylor died on November 4, 2017 of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]] in [[Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan|Grosse Pointe Woods]], [[Michigan]] at the age of 84.<ref>[http://www.freep.com/story/news/2017/11/06/trailblazer-detroit-federal-judge-anna-diggs-taylor-dies/836141001/ Trailblazer Detroit federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor dies]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.daahp.wayne.edu/biographiesDisplay.asp?id=64 Biography at Detroit African-American History Project] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060829111236/http://www.daahp.wayne.edu/biographiesDisplay.asp?id=64 |date=2006-08-29 }} * {{FJC Bio|2345|nid=1388601|name=Anna Katherine Johnston Diggs Taylor<!--(1932–)-->}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Anna Katherine}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Michigan]] [[Category:American judges]] [[Category:Politicians from Washington, D.C.]] [[Category:Politicians from Michigan]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{authority control}}