Marvin Stephens Arrington Sr. (February 10, 1941 – July 5, 2023) was an American judge in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia and a politician in the city of Atlanta.
[4] He graduated from Clark in 1963 with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity.
In 2002 he was appointed judge in the Fulton County Superior Court by the governor, Roy Barnes, and was elected for a full term in November.
In 2008 he was subject of some controversy when he cleared his courtroom of white people (notably lawyers), to speak to the remaining, primarily defendants.
Later he summed up what he said as "Don't violate the law, make something out of yourself, go to school, find a role model, somebody that will help you advance your life."