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Mississippi State Alumna Debra M. Brown to Become Mississippi's First Black Female Chief Federal Judge
June 09, 2021
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 9 (TNSPer) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news:

Mississippi State alumna and U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown is set to become the Magnolia State's first Black female chief federal judge.

A ceremony will be held Friday at the U.S. Courthouse in Greenville where Brown will receive the gavel and become the new Chief Judge of the Northern District of Mississippi. She succeeds District Judge Sharion Aycock, also an . . .

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