'We are now eyewitnesses to the third great assault on our judiciary,' Judge Carlton Reeves said in a speech on Thursday.
he delivered at the 2015 sentencing hearing for three white men charged with killing a black man that traced the history of racism in Mississippi.
"For a brief moment, there were so many 'firsts' — each one making our judiciary better reflect the best of America," Reeves wrote, noting that he became the second black federal judge ever in Mississippi when he was confirmed in 2010.
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