Virgil C. Smith, who broke racial barriers both as a Michigan lawmaker and judge, has died at age 77. Smith's family ...

U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer, the first African-American to serve as a federal judge in Virginia, will step down from active status to become a senior judge next year. His semi-retirement ...

Denise Hippach is sworn in Monday as Santa Barbara County’s first African-Amercan Superior Court judge by Presiding ... appointment of the first African-American to sit on the Superior Court ...

A special building and flag dedication in Kalamazoo has honored the legacy of the city's first African American judge. Saturday, city officials dedicated Kalamazoo's newest Justice Center to the ...

Judge Cobb was the only African-American judge in the history of New Hampshire. “Judge Cobb was a trailblazer among New Hampshire jurists,” said Senior Associate Justice Gary Hicks, who is from ...

Judge Jalilah Otto made history in 2021 after being named the first African American female appointed to presiding judge in Jackson County. But prior to becoming an honorable judge, Jalilah Otto ...

"It's so important because we in Louisiana lead the nation for per capita for electing and appointing African American judges, it's something during the last day of Black History, it's very ...