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Darrin P. Gayles, First Gay African-American to serve on Federal Judiciary, South Florida Business Journal
South Florida Business Journal, Darrin P. Gayles, First Gay African-American to serve on Federal Judiciary, South Florida Business Journal, 2018
From Ballotpedia: Darrin P. Gayles is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He is the first…
Tags: African-American, Darrin Gayles, Florida, Judge, Judicial Branch, LGBT
Justice Jane Bolin, First African-American Judge, Library of Congress
Library of Congress, Justice Jane Bolin, First African-American Judge, Library of Congress, 1942
In college, Jane Bolin was surrounded by white male students who would ignore her, and her career advisor told her to stop pursing her judicial…
Tags: African-American, Childcare, Jane Bolin, Judge, NAACP, New York, NYC, Racial Equality
Lawyer and Judge Lorenzo Sawyer, Thors Instantenous Photographs, San Francisco
Thors Instantenous Photographs, San Francisco, Lawyer and Judge Lorenzo Sawyer, University of California, August 2 1890
During Lorenzo Sawyer’s career on the senate, he made history and took a step forward for environmental rights. In 1884, the case of Woodruff v. North…
Tags: 9th Circuit, California, Court of Appeals, Environment, Judge, Lawyer, Lorenzo Sawyer, Mining