Mississippi Appeals Court Has First Black Chief Justice
Wednesday, June 2, 2004 at 08:47PM
TheSpook
Leslie King,of
Greenville, was sworn inTuesday as chief judge of the Mississippi Court
of Appeals, becomingthe first black judge to hold theposition.King
immediately called onGov. Haley Barbour to appoint a woman to fill a
vacancy on the10-member court, which now has nine men. [more]
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