Allen E. Broussard (1929–1996) was an African-American judge who rose to become a justice of the California Supreme Court.He was born in Lake Charles Louisiana on April 13 1929 the son of Clemire and Eugenia Broussard. At the age of 16 he moved with his family to California. His father was a longshoreman and his mother worked as a seamstress.As a young man Broussard had various part-time jobs including selling shoes and working in a canning plant.
alma mater
University of California Berkeley
birth date
1929-04-13
birth place
Louisiana, Lake Charles Louisiana
death date
1996-11-05
death place
Oakland California, University of California Berkeley
nationality
United States
order in office
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California
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