Joan Bernard Armstrong (February 15, 1941 – June 9, 2018) was an African-American judge. Armstrong was known as "the first woman elected to serve as a judge in

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

and first African-American to serve as chief judge of the state's Fourth Circuit Courts of Appeal. She was born and died in

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans (commonly known as NOLA or The Big Easy among other nicknames) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 at the 2020 ...

."Joan Bernard Armstrong, 1st female judge in Louisiana, dies at 77
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