TODAY Black History Program shared by efamily member Judge Vanessa Gilmore -- take some time to learn your history or share with the kids!

Please join the judges of Houston for an amazing black history month program tomorrowafternoon at the First Court of Appeals,  301 Fannin to hear about cases that affected the lives of African Americans in Texas.  2-3:30 p.m.

Harris County District Courts’

2015 Commemoration of

Black History Month

Prelude – Songs from the Harris County District Clerk’s Choir

Greetings and Recognition of Sponsors

Judge Alexandra Smoots-Hogan

Zachariah S. Lewis vs. Charles Bowman; Cause No 161 (1840)

Honorable Chris Daniel  

Nellly Norris (a free person of color) v. George Stevens, et al; Cause No. 276 (1840)

Judge Al Bennett

D. W. C. Harris v. William Marsh Rice; Cause No. 2341 (1852)

Judge Elaine Palmer

William H. Scott v. Michael M. McCormick; Cause No. 6902 (1868)

Judge George C. Hanks  

Joseph R. Willie, et al v. Harris County, Texas; Civil Action No. 11926 (1951)

Judge Vanessa Gilmore

State of Texas v. Joseph Choynski and Jack Johnson; Galveston County Cause No. 2314 (1901)

Harris County District Clerk’s Choir………………….……………………”We Shall Overcome”

February 13, 2015

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.