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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 6, 1997, file photo, Justice Charles Freeman speaks to a panel during the second day of hearings in Springfield, Ill., before an Illinois House panel probing Justice James Heiple's possible impeachment. Freeman, the first African-American to serve on the Illinois Supreme Court, died Monday, March 2, 2020, according to a statement from the state's high court. He was 86. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, Pool, File)

1st African American on Illinois high court dies at 86

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1st African-American Illinois Supreme Court justice retiring

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