In 2021, the Society is celebrating Black History Month every month, spending the year looking back at the impact of Black New Yorkers on … More George Boyer Vashon: New York’s First African American Attorney »
During her biweekly video message, Chief Judge Janet DiFiore this week announced the debut of The Lemmon Case: 1852-1860 — A Prelude to the … More Chief Judge Janet DiFiore Announces the Lemmon Slave Case Exhibit Debut »
In 2021, the Society is celebrating Black History Month every month, spending the year looking back at the impact of Black New Yorkers on … More Eunice Hunton Carter »
Eddie Roth was a law clerk to Chief Judge Lawrence H. Cooke from 1982-84. He and fellow law clerk Jeanne Philips-Roth married in 1987. … More Fanfare for a Great Mentor: Remembering Chief Judge Lawrence H. Cooke »
October 16, 1916 marks the day when the first birth control clinic opened in the United States by Margaret Sanger in the Brownsville neighborhood … More People v. Sanger & the Birth of Family Planning Clinics in America »
In 2021, the Society is celebrating Black History Month every month, spending the year looking back at the impact of Black New Yorkers on … More Sojourner Truth: First African American Woman to Win a Lawsuit »
It is with sadness that the Historical Society of the New York Courts has learned of the passing of one of our most treasured … More Remembering Our Trustee Barry H. Garfinkel »
In 2021, the Society is celebrating Black History Month every month, spending the year looking back at the impact of Black New Yorkers on … More Hon. Thurgood Marshall »
In 2021, the Society is celebrating Black History Month every month, spending the year looking back at the impact of Black New Yorkers on … More Elizabeth Jennings & Streetcar Desegregation in NYC »
In 2021, the Society is celebrating Black History Month every month, spending the year looking back at the impact of Black New Yorkers on … More Hon. Edward R. Dudley: First African American Administrative Judge in NYS »
