Dennis Archer

Dennis Archer
67th Mayor of Detroit
In office
January 3, 1994 – January 1, 2002
Preceded byColeman Young
Succeeded byKwame Kilpatrick
Associate Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
In office
January 1, 1986 – December 27, 1990
Appointed byJames Blanchard
Preceded byJames L. Ryan
Succeeded byConrad L. Mallett Jr.
Personal details
Born
Dennis Wayne Archer

(1942-01-01) January 1, 1942 (age 82)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Trudy DunCombe
(m. 1967)
Children2
EducationWayne State University
Detroit Institute of Technology
Western Michigan University (BS)
Detroit College of Law (JD)

Dennis Wayne Archer (born January 1, 1942) is an American lawyer, jurist and former politician from Michigan. A Democrat, Archer served as Justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and as mayor of Detroit. He later served as president of the American Bar Association, becoming the first black president of the organization, which, until 1943, had barred African-American lawyers from membership.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Dennis Archer Becomes First African American President-Elect of the American Bar Association". US Mayor Newspaper. September 9, 2002. Archived from the original on November 17, 2002.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 21, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)