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Natalie Hudson assumes office as the first Black chief justice of Minnesota Supreme Court
AP | Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in August, promoted Natalie Hudson to be chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, making her the first Black person to lead it.
Hudson was appointed associate justice in 2015 by then-Governor Mark Dayton, after serving as a judge on the Minnesota Court of Appeals for 13 years. She assumed office on October 2.
Hudson said she will approach this “tremendous responsibility with humility and resolve,” and said she’ll seek to continue furthering “one of the best state court systems” in the U.S.
“The fact that I am the first person of color, the first Black person to be the chief justice of the state of Minnesota is of course not lost on me. And I’m deeply humbled and honored by this recognition,” Hudson said.
Her father also made history. Don Hudson became Macalester College’s first Black football coach in 1971.