Wilcox County Judge Removed from Bench.

    A Former President of the Alabama Juvenile Judges Association has been removed from the bench by the Alabama Court of The Judiciary, reports AL.COM
     She describes herself as "the first black female elected or appointed to the state bench in Alabama". She was appointed in 1984 by then Governor George Wallace.
  

   Wilcox County District Court Judge Jo Celeste Pettway told a

crowd at The City University of New York, Lehman College last
April that she and others were inspired by the quilters of Gees Bend:

They inspired Pettway to pursue her dreams, knowing that she came from greatness and should expect no less from herself. “[The Pettways of Gee’s Bend] passed their heritage, their values and beliefs to their children and eventually it arrived to my generation. It became part of our DNA,” she said. “It sustains us.”

 You can watch a video of her CUNY presentation online HERE.
 Read about her family history HERE.

     The Court of The Judiciary found Pettway violated the judicial rules. They issued a 78 page decision against her, including charges of bias in favor of small claims court debtors and failure to run her courtroom properly.