Mr. Roxborough was born in Plaquemine, Louisiana on November 25th Claude and John W. were his brothers.
He was a mentor to Joe Louis the famous Heavy Weight Champion of the World who was a native Detroiter.
He served one term in the State Senate of Michigan (1931-1933) and was th...e first Black so elected to that chamber.
Charles Anthony graduated from Eastern High School, now closed due to a shrinking population in Detroit, Michigan. He was a varsity basketball star, along with his brother-John W., they were City Champions in 1905. He was the Personal Messenger as a Senior in High School to Governor Chase S. Osborn. The Governor was responsible for his interest in law and politics.
He graduated the Detroit College of Law in 1914. His father was also an attorney. He was a founder; of Alpha Phi Alpha, Legal Fraternity Gamma Lambda Chapter; Michigan Bar Association and Detroit Bar Association.Charles Anthony ran for the U.S. Congress seat in the First District three times; 1934, 1936, and 1936 earning the Republican Nomination each time, but losing to the Democrat.
By 1932 Blacks had started joining the party of FDR.
He served on; the Michigan Compensation Appeal Board; The Detroit City Plan Commission in 1937 appointed by Mayor James Couzen and two years as its President; the Mayor Commission for Rehabilitation of Narcotic Addicts; Wayne County Board of Supervisors; Detroit House of Correction Commission appointed by Mayor Cobo. He had a thriving law practice.
Charles Anthony went into semi-retirement in the early 1960s. He moved from Detroit, Michigan to Milford, Michigan where he owned a farm. He died at Grace Hospital in Detroit on October 18, 1963 from short bout with an illness.
Sources
The Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Main Library, Charles Anthony Roxborough, Vertical File.Contributor, Burgess Foster, Norwich University
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