Background
Colley, Nathaniel Sextus was born on November 21, 1918 in Carlowsville, Alabama, United States. Son of Lou Daniel and Fannie F. (Jones) Colley.
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Nathaniel Sextus Colley, American lawyer. Bar: California 1949. Recipient Civil Rights award National Medical Association, 1985, Equal Justice award National Bar Association, 1987; named Sacramento Man of Year, 1981; named to National Bar Association Hall of Fame, 1991; Nathaniel Son of Colley Senior Day declared by Sacramento County Board Supervisors, 1991.
Education
Bachelor of Science, Tuskegee Institute, 1941. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1948. Doctor of Laws (honorary), California State University, Sacramento, 1988.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University of Pacific, 1989. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Tuskegee University, 1991.
Career
Practiced in, Sacramento. Partner Colley, Lindsey & Colley. Lecturer California Continuing Education of Bar.
Adjunct professor McGeorge School Law, University of Pacific.
Achievements
Membership
Member California Board Education, 1960-1963. Member President's Commission on Discrimination in the United States Armed Services, 1961-1963. Board directors California Journal, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, Dayton, Ohio.
Trustee Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee University. Chairman California Horse Racing Board, 1976-1983. Board directors Sacramento Regional Foundation.
Board directors Sacramento Regional Foundation, chairman special contribution board National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Served to captain Army of the United States, World World War II, PTO. Member American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, California Bar Association, Sacramento County Bar Association (Humanitarian award 1992), American Board Trial Advocates, California Trial Lawyers Association, Yale Law School Association (executive committee), California Judicial Council Clubs: Sporgents.
Connections
Married Jerlean J. Jackson, May 16, 1942. Children: Jerlean E. (Mistress Jack L. Daniel), Ola Marie (Mistress Alfred O. Brown), Natalie Son of (Mistress Gary P. Lindsey), Sondra A., Nathaniel Sextus.
- Father:
- (Mistress Gary P. Lindsey) Colley
- Father:
- Lou Daniel Colley
- Mother:
- Fannie F. (Jones) Colley
- Spouse:
- Jerlean J. Jackson
- child:
- Ola Marie Colley (Mistress Alfred O. Brown)
- child:
- Natalie Son of Colley (Mistress Gary P. Lindsey)
- child:
- Sondra A. Colley
- child:
- Nathaniel Sextus Colley
- child:
- Jerlean E. Colley (Mistress Jack L. Daniel)
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Born
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Died
March 20, 1992 (aged 73) -
Resting place
Sacramento, Minas Gerais, Brazil -
Nationality
American
Education
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1941
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1948
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1988
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1989
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1991