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Photograph of Robert Benham, the first African American chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, delivering the keynote address at the 2004 Georgia Excellence in Public Service Awards in Atlanta, Georgia. This photograph shows Benham standing at a podium and smiling toward the audience. Benham also made history both as the first African American to establish a law practice in his hometown of Cartersville, Georgia, and as the first African American to sit on the Georgia State Court of Appeals.

Record Contributed By

New Georgia Encyclopedia

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia