Above: Retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis Douglass, second from right, and state Assemblyman Keith Wright, second from left, were recognized Thursday at the Manhattan Supreme Court’s 26th annual Black History Month celebration in the rotunda of the 60 Centre St. courthouse. Douglass received the Theodore T. Jones Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award and Wright received the Civic Leadership Award. Joining the honorees are New York County Clerk Milton Tingling, left, and Supreme Court Justice Yvonne Lewis.

Below: Nassau County Courts Black History Committee and the Amistad Long Island Black Bar Association presented awards Friday at the 11th annual Black History Month Celebration at the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola. From left, Nassau Acting Supreme Court Justice Antonio Brandveen joins Acting Nassau Supreme Court Justice Jerald Carter, who received the Alfred S. Robbins Memorial Award; Nassau County Courts revenue assistant Vickie Hicks, who received the Michele M. Woodard Service Award; retired Freeport police detective Julius Pearse, who received the Trailblazer Award; and Rivkin Radler partner William Savino, who accepted the Amistad Presidential Award for his firm. Also joining the honorees are Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and Acting Nassau Supreme Court Justice Norman St. George, who was master of ceremonies.