Justice Charles E. Freeman, Illinois’ first African-American chief justice, has died at age 86.He was also the first black judge to serve on the state Supreme Court, beginning in 1990. Freeman retired in 2018 and died Monday.Born in Richmond, Virginia, on December 12, 1933, Freeman descended from slaves freed by Quakers before the American Civil War, according to a Monday press release from the Court.After graduating from John Marshall Law School in 1962, Freeman […]
Former Illinois chief justice dies at 86
Mar 2, 2020 | 4:29 PM
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