Record #:

4311

Author(s):

Tuttle, Steve

Abstract:

In August 1999, Richmond County native Henry E. Frye was named the first African-American chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. Frye was appointed an associate justice in 1983 by Governor James B. Hunt and was elected to eight-year terms in 1984 and 1992. He was also the first African-American elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives since Reconstruction.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 57 Issue 9, Sept 1999, p75, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina. Supreme Court; African American judges; Frye, Henry E., 1932-