NEGRO JUDGE FOR NEW YORK
(Rec. 10 p.m.) NEW YORK. July 6. Mr Harold Stevens, aged 48. the first wegro ever named to the New York State Supreme Court, was sworn in today.
?*■* Stevens, promoted from judge in the New York County General Sessions Court. was appointed by Mr Averell Harriman, Governor of New York State.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27705, 8 July 1955, Page 11
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