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FROM: The Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Education RE: Celebrate Black History Month
Sent:
2/7/2018 10:26:54 AM
To: Students

 

Notes in Black History, February 7, 2018

Irwin C. Mollison was appointed judge of the U.S. Customs Court, on this date, in 1945. Appointed by President Truman, Judge Mollison was the first African American appointed to a position in the federal judiciary1.

To learn more about Judge Mollison, visit http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647020/ 

1.      1.  https://bluelineswork.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/this-day-in-american-history-irwin-c-mollison-appointed-to-customs-court/