Marvin Stephens Arrington Sr. (1941 - 2023)

Born 10 Feb 1941 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 5 Jul 2023 at age 82 in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Marvin Arrington Sr. is Notable.

Marvin Arrington Sr. was a Georgian.

Marvin Arrington was a judge in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, and an Atlanta, Georgia politician.^[1]

Marvin Arrington was born in 1941. He was the son of George Arrington, a truck driver, and Maggie Andrews, a domestic worker.

He had two children, a son and a daughter, by his ex-wife Marilyn (Jones) Arrington. Both became attorneys.

He passed away in 2023.^[2]

Political Career

Marvin was one of the first two Black students at Emory University Law School.^[2] He graduated in 1967 and in 1969 was elected to the Atlanta Board of Aldermen in 1969.^[3] The Board of Alderman became the City Council.

He served as president of the Atlantic City Council for nearly twenty years.^[2]

Marvin ran for mayor of Atlanta in 1997 but lost to Bill Campbell.^[4]

He was appointed to the Fulton County (Georgia) Superior Court.

Biographical Resources

• Bo Legs: Marvin Arrington, Sr., An Atlanta Story [film]
• Arrington, Marvins S., Sr. Making My Mark: The Story of a Man Who Wouldn't Stay in His Place. Mercer University Press, 2008.

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Marvin S. Arrington Sr.," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_S._Arrington_Sr._
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Suggs, Donnell. "Atlanta pioneer Marvin Arrington, Sr. dead at 82" https://theatlantavoice.com/atlanta-pioneer-marvin-arrington-sr-dead-at-82/
3. ↑ https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/honorable-marvin-s-arrington-sr
4. ↑ City Son vs. Inside Outsider. New York Times, 20 October 1997 https://nyti.ms/45fIf4R

See also:

• 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
  National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia; Roll: 823; Page: 24; Enumeration District: 160-199
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #125057060 (accessed 1 August 2023)
  Marvin S Arrington (9), single son, in household of George Arrington (34) in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, USA. Born in Georgia.
• Wikidata: Item Q6778473, en:Wikipedia