Black and Hispanic Federal Judges: 1900 to Present
Description:
This report shows that in recent years, attention has increasingly focused upon the minority composition of the Federal judiciary, in apparent response to concerns that judges appointed to the Federal bench should more compositely reflect the U.S. population they serve. Two of the larger U.S. subpopulations served by the Federal judiciary are blacks and Hispanics. Accordingly, this mini brief lists chronologically and cumulatively the appointments of blacks and Hispanics to the Federal bench, w…
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Date:
August 9, 1983
Creator:
Bailey, Dorothy J
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department