Meet Michigan’s Youngest And First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated June 20, 2024

Kyra Harris Bolden made history when she was sworn in as an associate justice of the Michigan Supreme Court on January 1, 2023, becoming the youngest and first Black woman to sit on the state’s high court at 34 years old.

“My family has gone from lynching to law school and from injustice to Capital J, Justice,” Bolden told ESSENCE. When trying to decide

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