Boce W. Barlow Jr., 89; Connecticut’s First Black Judge, Senator
Boce W. Barlow Jr., 89, who became Connecticut’s first black judge in 1957 and its first black state senator in 1966, died Monday in Silver Springs, Md. The cause of death was not reported.
Born in Americus, Ga., Barlow was raised in Hartford, Conn. He graduated from Howard University and served in a segregated Army unit during World War II. After the war, he earned his law degree from Harvard.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. Feb. 3, 2005 For The Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday February 03, 2005 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 0 inches; 31 words Type of Material: Correction
Barlow obituary -- The obituary of Boce W. Barlow Jr. in Wednesday’s California section gave the name of Silver Spring, Md., the city in which he died, as Silver Springs, Md.
In 1957, he was appointed the first black judge in Connecticut’s history. He was elected to the state Senate in 1966 and was a delegate to the Democratic Party convention in Chicago in 1968.
According to the Hartford Courant, Barlow retired from his private law practice in 1981 after he was partially paralyzed by a surgical error.
He and his wife, Catherine, eventually left Hartford for Maryland to be closer to family.
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