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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
Judge Jacquelyn Austin of South Carolina and Judge Cristal Brisco of Indiana join a record number of Black women on […] The post Watch: White House on addition of Black women judges on federal ...
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 ...
This list includes individuals self-identified as African Americans who have made prominent contributions to the field of law in the United States, especially as eminent judges or legal scholars. Individuals who may have obtained law degrees or practiced law, but whose reasons for notability are not closely related to that profession, are ...
More than 60% of Biden’s judges are women, and more than 60% are nonwhite, said the White House. It said he has put more Black women on circuit courts than all previous presidents combined and ...
“We will see the impacts of his appointments for years to come,” said Jamarr Brown of Color of Change PAC. […]
Revels was the first black member of the Congress overall. [11] Black people were a majority of the population in many congressional districts across the South. In 1870, Joseph Rainey of South Carolina was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first directly elected black member of Congress to be seated. [12]
On Jan. 20, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be officially sworn in as the next President and Vice President of the United States. For many reasons, it’s a momentous occasion, and one that most ...