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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana will be hosting its 25th annual Black History Month event next month.
The hourlong program, “The Storied History of Indiana’s Black Lawyers and Judges,” will be held at 2 p.m. on Feb. 9 in Courtroom 202 of the Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Indianapolis.
The program will feature a joint presentation by Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt and attorney Richard D. Hailey.
Walton Pratt and Hailey will look back on the legacy of Black lawyers in Indiana, from John R. Bryd and James T.V. Hill’s struggles to be admitted to the bar in the 1870s and 1880s, to 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Doris Pryor’s appointment in 2022.
The program is co-sponsored by the U.S. District Court, Bankruptcy Court, Probation Office, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Federal Community Defenders and the U.S. Marshals Service for the Southern District of Indiana.
The event is free and open to the public, but preregistration is required.
To preregister, email [email protected] to reserve a space and indicate whether you will be attending in-person or virtually.
Virtual attendees will receive a Zoom link from the court the week of the event.
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