Justice Joseph Hatchett

Former Florida Supreme Court Justice and retired 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Joseph W. Hatchett passed away April 30. He was 88.

Hatchett was the first Black person appointed to the Supreme Court since Reconstruction, and the first Black person ever elected to public office in a statewide election in the South. He served on the Supreme Court from 1975-1979.

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