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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
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans 1857 United States Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 11–14, 1856 Reargued December 15–18, 1856 Decided March 6, 1857 Full case name Dred Scott v. John F. A ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that African descendants were not U.S. citizens and had no standing to sue for freedom. It also ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional. This was the last in a series of freedom suits from 1846 to 1857, that began in Missouri courts, and were heard by lower federal district courts. The US Supreme ...
The first African-American appointed to the court was Thurgood Marshall, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967. Johnson appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court following the retirement of Justice Tom C. Clark, saying that this was "the right
He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice. Prior to his judicial service, he was an attorney who fought for civil rights, leading the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Marshall was a prominent figure in the movement to end racial segregation in American public schools.
Take a look at some rulings in cases that stunned the Black community. This year, the U.S. Supreme Court rendered […] The post The U.S. Supreme Court made some shocking decisions that impacted ...
Only three African American justices, Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas and Ketanji Brown Jackson have served on the court. The first appointment – when Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Marshall ...
First African-American woman to practice law before the United States Supreme Court on January 29, 1926 Dennis Archer (b. 1942) [2] First African American president of the American Bar Association; former mayor of Detroit: Derrick Bell (1930–2011) [3] Proponent of critical race theory; law professor at Harvard University: Stephen L. Carter (b ...