| Birth Date: | 14 June 1924 |
| Death Place: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Education: | B.A., Dillard University (1947) M.A., Indiana University (1949) J.D., Southern University Law School (1956)[1] |
Revius Oliver Ortique Jr. (June 14, 1924 – June 22, 2008) was an American jurist, the first African-American justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, and civil rights activist.[2] [3]
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, he served as an officer in the United States Army during World War II,[2] and later graduated from Dillard University, majoring in sociology.[1] During the Civil Rights Era, he contributed to the McDonogh Day Boycott in New Orleans by publicizing the boycott of the segregated public ceremony on his radio show.[4] He was a judge of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court from 1978 to 1992, serving as Chief Judge of that district from 1986 onward.[2] In 1992, Revius Ortique was the first African-American elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court. He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[5] [6]