With his joint appearance alongside Bill Cosby on Thursday night, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Marvin Arrington continues an arc that is bringing growing fame as one of the newest voices calling-or shouting-for a renewed focus on self-respect and education among the black youth that too often end up in his courtroom.

In recent months, Arrington has been increasingly critical, both in his public comments and in his just-released autobiography, “Making My Mark,” of a generation of African-American youth that he says has, far too often, forgotten the hard-fought struggles for civil rights and instead embraced a corrosive culture of crime, violence and cheap sexuality.

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