William Harold Cox | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | |
| In office October 4, 1982 – February 25, 1988 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | |
| In office 1962–1971 | |
| Preceded by | Sidney Carr Mize |
| Succeeded by | Dan Monroe Russell Jr. |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi | |
| In office June 30, 1961 – October 4, 1982 | |
| Appointed by | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 75 Stat. 80 |
| Succeeded by | William H. Barbour Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Harold Cox June 23, 1901 Indianola, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | February 25, 1988 (aged 86) Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Education | University of Mississippi (BS, LLB) |
William Harold Cox (June 23, 1901 – February 25, 1988) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He was known for presiding over United States v. Price (1965) and for his resistance to racial integration.[1] Constance Baker Motley, a longtime civil rights attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge, called Cox "the most openly racist judge ever to sit on a federal court bench" in the United States.[2]