Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p James Benton Parsons (August 13, 1911 – June 19, 1993) was the first African-American to serve as a United States federal judge.Parsons was born in Kansas City, Missouri and first lived in St. Louis, where his father was an evangelist and missionary with the Disciples of Christ Church. The family subsequently lived in Lexington, KY; Dayton, OH; and Bloomington, IN; before settling in Decatur, IL. He wanted to be a lawyer by the time he was in junior high school.. }
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- James_Benton_Parsons comment "James Benton Parsons (August 13, 1911 – June 19, 1993) was the first African-American to serve as a United States federal judge.Parsons was born in Kansas City, Missouri and first lived in St. Louis, where his father was an evangelist and missionary with the Disciples of Christ Church. The family subsequently lived in Lexington, KY; Dayton, OH; and Bloomington, IN; before settling in Decatur, IL. He wanted to be a lawyer by the time he was in junior high school.".