Image: FEDERAL JUDGE JAMES B. PARSONS IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN CHICAGO. HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK JUDGE APPOINTED TO THE U.S.... - NARA - 556248 (cropped)

Title: FEDERAL JUDGE JAMES B. PARSONS IN THE FEDERAL BUILDING IN CHICAGO. HE WAS THE FIRST BLACK JUDGE APPOINTED TO THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE BY PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY. IN APRIL, 1975, JUDGE PARSONS BECAME SENIOR JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT, THE FIRST BLACK SENIOR JUDGE IN THE COUNTRY
Credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Author: John H. White, 1945-, Photographer (NARA record: 4002141)
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