Wallace Jefferson heads Texas Supreme Court

Jet, Dec 6, 2004

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Caption: WALLACE JEFFERSON HEADS TEXAS SUPREME COURT: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (r) gives the oath of office to new Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson, 41, in the House Chambers of the Texas Capitol in Austin. He is the first Black to preside over the nine-member Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson's wife, Rhonda, looks on. Jefferson also was the first Black on the Texas Supreme Court (JET, May 28, 2001).

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