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This is a list of African Americans who have served as United States federal judges. As of December 20, 2024 [update] , 301 African-Americans have served on the federal bench. United States Supreme Court
“We will see the impacts of his appointments for years to come,” said Jamarr Brown of Color of Change PAC. […]
On September 20, 2012, Obama nominated Jackson to serve as a United States district judge for the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by retiring judge Henry H. Kennedy Jr. [38] Republican U.S. Representative Paul Ryan, a relative by marriage, introduced Jackson at her December 2012 confirmation hearing and said, "Our politics may differ ...
The confirmation of Judge Tiffany Rene Johnson also ties the record for the most Black lifetime judges confirmed during a presidency. President Joe Biden marked yet another historic moment for his ...
On August 28, 1979, President Jimmy Carter nominated Hastings to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. [7] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979, and received his commission on November 2, 1979. [8] Hastings was the first black federal judge in the history of the state of Florida. [5]
The Congressional Black Caucus will have 62 members in the 119th Congress, contributing to a record 67 Black representatives. ... The 10 safest US states to live in, ranked. Sports. Sports.
First African-American woman licensed to practice law in Illinois, and the third in the United States Charlotte E. Ray (1850–1911) [14] First Black American female lawyer in the United States Scovel Richardson (1912–1982) [15] Party to a housing desegregation case anticipating Shelley v. Kraemer; also a judge in federal courts from 1957
Federal judges selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black voters comprise a substantial portion of the electorate. The three-judge ...