Ebony and Jet Magazines inspired and informed a whole new generation of leaders, lawyers and judges.
It’s hard to imagine a time when a magazine costs only 20 cents. It’s even harder to imagine a time when Americans got most of the news, not from a cell phone, but rather from a magazine.
But that was the case in America in the 1950s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. Magazines were the primary source of news and culture - particularly in the Black community. For example, in the 70s and 80s, Ebony and Jet magazines were fixtures in millions and millions of Black homes and businesses.
This, of course, meant that the faces and accomplishments of Black heroes from the sports, political, social, academic, and yes, legal worlds were front and center in the homes, barber and beauty shops, across America - inspiring and informing millions of readers - young and old.
Welcome to the Seventh Judicial District’s Black History Month Portrait Gallery!
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Ebony and Jet Magazines inspired and informed a whole new generation of leaders, lawyers and judges.
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Judge Thurgood Marshall goes from getting revenge to demanding respect.
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Judge Constance Baker Motley: Climbing ladders and breaking glass ceilings.
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Judge Jane Bolin: Believed that love and the law were allies.
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Judge Reuben Davis: Cleared a broad path for others to follow.
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Chief Judge Rowan Wilson of the New York Court of Appeals: Setting out to do good.
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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson: From segregation to the Supreme Court.
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Robert Morris risked his law license and his own life so that others could have their liberty.
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Jet and Ebony magazines: Turned young readers into adult leaders.