Judge Lucile A. Watts
Clip: Season 43 Episode 17 | 10m 8s
The first black woman elected to the Wayne County Circuit Court. Ep 4317/Seg 1.
We talk with Judge Lucile Watts, the first African-American woman elected to the Wayne County Circuit Court. Lucile Alexander Watts was a common pleas court judge when she became a historymaker in 1980.
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American Black Journal is a local public television program presented by Detroit PBS
Judge Lucile A. Watts
Clip: Season 43 Episode 17 | 10m 8s
We talk with Judge Lucile Watts, the first African-American woman elected to the Wayne County Circuit Court. Lucile Alexander Watts was a common pleas court judge when she became a historymaker in 1980.
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