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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
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
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 ...
Representative Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American woman to serve in Congress. From the first United States Congress in 1789 through the 116th Congress in 2020, 162 African Americans served in Congress. [1] Meanwhile, the total number of all individuals who have served in Congress over that period is 12,348. [2]
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 08: U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson during an event celebrating her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the ...
“We will see the impacts of his appointments for years to come,” said Jamarr Brown of Color of Change PAC. […]
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; In office March 12, 1990 – October 23, 1991: Nominated by: George H. W. Bush: Preceded by: Robert Bork: Succeeded by: Judith W. Rogers: Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; In office May 6, 1982 – March 8, 1990: President: Ronald Reagan George ...
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.