Sara J. Harper (born August 10, 1926) is a former member of the Eighth District Court of Appeals.

Harper is African-American. She was raised in a public housing project in Cleveland, Ohio. Harper got her undergraduate and law degrees from Case Western Reserve University.[1]

Harper worked as a prosecutor for the city of Cleveland in the 1960s. In 1970 she was appointed a judge of the Cleveland Municipal Court by Ohio Governor James A. Rhodes, a position to which she was elected for a six-year-term in 1971. In 1980 Harper was the Republican Candidate for Chief Justice of Ohio. She also ran for a seat as a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 1994. She was president of the Cleveland branch of the NAACP for some of the 1980s. For a time she served in the United States Marine Corps judiciary. In 1990 she became a member of the Ohio Court of Appeals.[2] She also co-founded the first victims' rights program in the country.[1]

Harper is a member of Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Cleveland.

References

  1. 1 2 "Judge Sara J. Harper, a retired Ohio Court of Appeals judge: Black History Month". Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ "RNC's Black History Month outreach includes honor, radio spot for retired Cleveland Judge Sara J. Harper". Retrieved October 10, 2019.
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