More than 30 years later, Blackmon is now Judge Blackmon and
is serving her second six-year term on the Eighth District Court of Appeals
in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Blackmon is the first African-American woman to sit
on the Court of Appeals in the State of Ohio.
Having committed her life's work to public
service, Judge Blackmon brings a wealth of experience, as well as personal
accomplishment, to the appellate bench. Most notably, Blackmon served as a
chief prosecutor for the City of Cleveland and the city's first night prosecutor.
Blackmon also served as an assistant director of Victims/Witness Program and
professor at Dyke College.
Blackmon has earned numerous personal and professional
honors. Her honors include induction into the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame and
recipient of the 1996 Alumna of the Year Award from Cleveland-Marshall College
of Law.
In her personal time, Blackmon pursues a
broad range of interests and maintains active involvement within the community.
She is a board trustee for the Woodruff Foundation, Cleveland Bar Association
and Lake Erie College. Blackmon is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,
Inc. and the Black Women's Political Action Committee (PAC). In addition,
she is a member of the Cleveland Bar, Cuyahoga County Bar and Norman S.
Minor Bar Associations.
Blackmon advises today's youth to "be
fearless and be inquisitive. And above all, be prepared."
