Yvette McGee Brown was sworn in over the weekend as the first African-American woman justice on the Ohio Supreme Court.The former Franklin County judge filled a vacancy created by the election in November of Justice Maureen O’Connor as Ohio’s first female chief justice. READ THE REST AT BLACKVOICES.COM Let’s Celebrate! Sewell Becomes First Black Woman […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nine days before Martin Luther King’s birthday, a historical barrier was reached, as the Ohio Supreme Court swore in it’s first black female justice at the King Arts Complex on Columbus’ east side. “She is the american dream come true in Columbus,” said Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman. 50-year-old Yvette McGee Brown, educated […]
