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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
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 ...
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
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 ...
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in each state. It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are other distinctions such as the first minority men in their state to graduate from law school.
“We will see the impacts of his appointments for years to come,” said Jamarr Brown of Color of Change PAC. […]
Only 37 of Trump's 229 active appointments are people of color - the least racially-diverse group of federal judges nominated in nearly three decades. Trump's judicial appointments worsened racial ...
Kamala Harris is the highest-ranking black person to serve in a Cabinet as Vice President of the United States. Colin Powell (left) and Condoleezza Rice (right) are the highest-ranking black Jamaican-American and Black-American to lead the Federal Executive Department ; each held the post of Secretary of State .