Bobby D. Singleton is an American politician who is currently a
Democratic member of the
Alabama Senate
The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The body is composed of 35 members representing an equal number of districts across the state, with each district conta ...
, representing the 24th District since a special election in January 2005. Previously he was a member of the
Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 through 2005.
Singleton received a
B.S.
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...
degree from
Alabama State University
Alabama State University (ASU) is a public historically black university in Montgomery, Alabama. Founded in 1867, ASU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
History
Alabama State University was founded in 1867 as the ...
and a
J.D. from
Miles Law School. He is a member of the Greenleaf Missionary Baptist Church in Greensboro. Singleton is the former chairman of the Alabama Legislative Black Caucus as well as Minority Whip of the Democratic caucus.
On July 1, 2010, Singleton was arrested for blocking the entrance to Greenetrack gambling hall in
Eutaw, Alabama
Eutaw ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,937. The city was named in honor of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, the last engagement of the American Revolutionary War ...
. He was blocking members of
Alabama Governor Bob Riley
Robert Renfroe Riley (born October 3, 1944) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 52nd governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented Alabama's 3rd district in the U. ...
's Task Force on Illegal Gambling from entering the facility; which was a violation of a state Supreme Court order to re-enter and re-secure the site. Fifteen others were arrested including Greenetrack's CEO.
References
External links
Alabama State Legislature: Senator Bobby Singleton- official government website
Project Vote Smart - Senator Bobby D. Singleton (AL)profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Bobby D. Singleton
20062002
campaign contributions
Political profile at Bama Politics
21st-century African-American politicians
21st-century American politicians
African-American lawyers
African-American state legislators in Alabama
African-American businesspeople
American businesspeople
Alabama lawyers
Democratic Party Alabama state senators
Alabama State University alumni
Baptists from Alabama
Date of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives
Miles Law School alumni
People from Greensboro, Alabama
Year of birth missing (living people)
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