GSA: Florida Courthouse Named for Judge Who Broke Racial Barriers
June 28, 2023
June 28, 2023
WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news:
When Joseph Woodrow Hatchett took the Florida Bar Exam in 1959, he could not stay in the hotel where the test was being administered because of Jim Crow laws still in effect.
Nearly 63 years later, lawmakers passed a 2022 law clearing the way for GSA to display Justice Hatchett's name on the U.S. Courthouse Annex in Tallahassee, Florida.
Born in 1932 during segregation in . . .
When Joseph Woodrow Hatchett took the Florida Bar Exam in 1959, he could not stay in the hotel where the test was being administered because of Jim Crow laws still in effect.
Nearly 63 years later, lawmakers passed a 2022 law clearing the way for GSA to display Justice Hatchett's name on the U.S. Courthouse Annex in Tallahassee, Florida.
Born in 1932 during segregation in . . .