All tagged black history month

Thomasville Library honors James A. Beatty Jr.

After his family moved to Thomasville when he was only three weeks old, Beatty (a Thomasville High School alumnus) went on to receive President Bill Clinton's nomination for United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. He became the chief judge of that court in 2006 and retired from active service in 2018.