JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Rhonda Peoples-Waters made history in Duval County on Tuesday when she was sworn in at the courthouse as the first elected Black female court judge to take the bench in the county. Peoples-Waters is not the first Black female in the role, as three others have been appointed, but she is the first to be elected. Today with family and friends beside her, Peoples-Waters, will finally take her seat as judge Peoples Waters and become a part of the diversity the city wants in courtrooms. Today with family and friends beside her, Peoples-Waters, finally took her seat as Judge Peoples-Waters and become a part of the diversity the city wants in courtrooms. “Both the state and the city are finally starting to move forward, and finally starting to eliminate discrimination by sex and race.