On Mar 16, 1989: The U.S. Senate agrees to try U.S. District Court Judge Alcee Hastings, the 1st African American to serve on the federal bench in Florida, on fraud, corruption and perjury charges stemming from a 1981 bribery conspiracy case.
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"Alcee Hastings, Judge and U.S. Congressman." Historianspeaks, March 18, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/alcee-hastings-judge-and-us-congressman.
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