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Download official Extensions PDFReturn to issue contextHON. FREDERICA S. WILSON
of florida
in the house of representatives
Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, from the 24th District of the great state of Florida, I rise today to honor the life and legacy of the late Judge Calvin Reid Mapp, Sr., the first black County Court Judge in Miami-Dade County. Judge Mapp was appointed in 1973 by Governor Reuben Askew to fill a vacancy created by the Florida Legislature's reorganization of the state's judicial system. Judge Mapp presided over criminal, traffic, and juvenile cases from 1973 to 1994 when he retired.
appointed to the bench. In the 1950's, he served as a patrolman and traffic instructor with the City of Miami's visibly segregated police department, where black officers operated out of a black precinct in the publicized Central Negro District.
School of Law in Washington, D.C. After receiving his L.L.B. Degree, he returned to Miami and worked for several years as an Assistant State Attorney for State Attorney Richard Gerstein. In 1968, he resigned his position to join the law firm of James, Matthews, and Harold Braynon to form the new firm of Matthews, Braynon, and Mapp, P.A.
attended and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School, in Miami, Florida.
Please join me in honoring the late Judge Calvin Reid Mapp, Sr., for his commitment and dedication to his community and the citizens of Miami-Dade County.