African American First
She won a historic court case against a white man: After New York abolished slavery, she learned her five-year-old son Peter was illegally sold to Alabama. She sued his new owner with the help of Quaker abolitionists and won, making her the first Black woman to win such a lawsuit
Who is Sojurner Truth
Before Thurgood Marshall joined the U.S. Supreme Court, who was the first African American appointed to a federal judgeship (Article III court) in the continental United States, and on what court did he serve?
William Henry Hastie