Trading Academic Gowns for a Judge's Robe

Frankie B. Ledbetter

Highlights of academic career

Ms. Ledbetter retired as an associate professor of English in 1985, after 33 years at Prairie View A&M University.

Current activities

Ms. Ledbetter, 88, works full time as a municipal-court judge in Prairie View, Tex., adjudicating misdemeanors such as traffic tickets, city-ordinance violations, domestic violence, and disorderly conduct. The former professor was appointed to the position in 1992, and

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