Above: John M. Harris, president of the Brevard County Bar Association, hands a gavel to James E.C. Perry, Seminole County's first black judge. Perry has been seating on the bench for the 18th Judicial Circuit Court for about a month, but Friday's ceremony at Seminole Community College was the formal swearing-in.

Right: Judge Perry's sons, Willis and Jaimon, and his daughter Kamilah, help him into his new robe.

Above: John M. Harris, president of the Brevard County Bar Association, hands a gavel to James E.C. Perry, Seminole County's first black judge. Perry has been seating on the bench for the 18th Judicial Circuit Court for about a month, but Friday's ceremony at Seminole Community College was the formal swearing-in.

Right: Judge Perry's sons, Willis and Jaimon, and his daughter Kamilah, help him into his new robe.