Documentary spotlights historical influence of 8 Fort Worth civil rights leaders

When Louis Sturns decided to pursue a career in law, he didn’t intend on making history.

Sturns simply wanted to be someone “who tried to do his job the best he could do it,” he said.

But, he cemented himself in the books when he became the first Black criminal court judge in Tarrant County in 1987. Three years later, he became the first Black judge to serve on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals…

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