'Black girl magic': 19 black women ran for judge in Texas county - and all 19 won
Source: Guardian
Victories mark unprecedented level of success for black female judicial candidates in Harris county, which includes Houston.
While Beto O’Rourke’s bid to oust Ted Cruz for a US Senate seat may have stolen midterms headlines this week, another ‘Texas miracle’ was under way in Harris county, where19 African American women ran for judge – and all won.
They campaigned together under the slogan “Black Girl Magic” with the support of the Harris county Democratic party, and united for a pre-election photograph inside a courtroom.
'Truly the year of the woman': female candidates win in record numbers
Read more
Their victories marked an unprecedented level of success for black female judicial candidates in the county, which includes Houston. With a population of more than 4.5 million, Harris county is bigger than 24 US states. About 70% of the population is non-white.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/08/black-women-texas-judge-harris-county
---There is a beautiful picture of them in the article. See picture in post #3.
This is inspirational! It needs to be a movie, a documentary and a book!
= new reply since forum marked as read
As a woman, it inspires me greatly! I have 2 biracial nieces and I hope this inspires them too! 
Amazing. A picture is worth a thousand words.
<a href="http://www.freeimagehosting.net/commercial-photography/"><img src="
" alt="Commercial Photography"></a>
note how young they are as well!
