| − | Other outstanding African American woman appointed to the federal district court were [[Anna Diggs Taylor]], appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by President Jimmy Carter, 1979 [http://www.answers.com/topic/anna-diggs-taylor], [[Ann Claire Williams]], first African American woman appointed to the district court in Illinois and in the Seventh Circuit, and [[Norma H. Johnson]], first black woman to lead federal court in nation's capital. (named chief federal judge of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19681024.html] | + | Other outstanding African American woman appointed to the federal district court were [[Anna Diggs Taylor]], appointed judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by President Jimmy Carter, 1979 [http://www.answers.com/topic/anna-diggs-taylor], [[Ann Claire Williams]], first African American woman appointed to the district court in Illinois and in the Seventh Circuit, [http://www.jtbf.org/index.php?src=directory&view=biographies&srctype=detail&refno=28] and [[Norma H. Johnson]], first black woman to lead federal court in nation's capital. (named chief federal judge of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19681024.html] |