Honorable Tommie Colbert, Sr.

Tom Colbert, a Kentucky State University alumnus, was the first African American justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court and later its chief justice. He grew up in Oklahoma City and practiced law there before joining the appellate bench.

• First African American justice, and later chief justice, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.
• Kentucky State University alumnus.
• Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 2015.