Government – Local – Judge
Eileen Ramona Petersen (1937-2023)
Judge Eileen R. Petersen, an advocate for women’s and children’s rights, was born on April 18, 1937, in Christiansted, Virgin...
Rufus Calvin Kuykendall (1903-1977)
Rufus Calvin Kuykendall was an attorney, politician, and one of the first African Americans to be elected judge in Indiana’s...
Jasmine Twitty (1989- )
Jasmine Twitty is the youngest judge to be appointed or elected in Easley, South Carolina, and one of the youngest...
David Augustus Straker (1842-1908)
Image Ownership: Public Domain David Augustus Straker, author, lawyer, and politician, was born and raised in Bridgetown, Barbados, where he...
Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991)
Floyd Bixler McKissick replaced James Farmer as National Director of the Congress Of Racial Equality (CORE) on January 3, 1966,...
Sheila Jackson Lee (1950-2024)
Longtime Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee was born on January 12, 1950 in Queens, New York. She graduated from Jamaica...
William H. Brisby (1831-1916)
William Henry Brisby was born free in New Kent County, Virginia in 1831 and lived on 32 acres of land...
John E. Prim (1898-1961)
John Edmondson Prim was the first African American to serve as deputy prosecuting attorney for King County and the first...
George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886)
George Lewis Ruffin was born December 16, 1834 in Richmond, Virginia, the son of free Blacks. He was educated in...
