January 23, 2009

In 1995, Andree Roaf became the first African-American woman to serve on the Arkansas Supreme Court. In 1996, Governor Mike Huckabee appointed her to the Arkansas Court of Appeals, a position she was elected to four years later; she served there until 2006. Among her many awards and honors was her 1996 induction into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame.

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