Government-State Supreme Court
Cheri Beasley (1966- )
Cheri Beasley is the first African American woman to serve as Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. She...
Raymond Lawrence Finch (1940-2023)
Raymond Lawrence Finch, a Federal District Court and contributor to the development of the Virgin Islands Legal System was born...
Melody J. Stewart (1962- )
On January 2, 2019, Melody J. Stewart became the first African American woman sworn in to serve on the Ohio...
Tamika Montgomery-Reeves (1981- )
The Honorable Tamika R. Montgomery-Reeves is a lawyer and the first African American to serve as an Associate Justice on...
Livingston Wingate (1915-1995)
Livingston Leroy Wingate was a Harlem civic leader and a state supreme court judge in Manhattan, New York. Wingate was born on September 2, 1915...
Wiley W. Manuel (1927-1981)
Wiley William Manuel, the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the State of California, was the son of a...
Harold A. Stevens (1907-1990)
With his appointment in 1955 as the first African American to serve on the New York State Supreme Court, Harold Arnoldus Stevens...
Franklin D. Cleckley (1940-2017)
Franklin Dorrah Cleckley, the first African American to serve as a justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court, was born on August 1,...
Morris Overstreet (1950-2024)
Morris Overstreet was the first African American in Texas state history to be elected to a statewide office and the second (after...
