Fox21Online July 16, 2021 DULUTH, Minn.– History was made in the Northland as the first Black judge for Minnesota’s Sixth Judicial District was sworn in Friday afternoon. The Sixth Judicial District includes Carlton, Cook, Lake, and St. Louis counties. Now Judge Shawn Pearson fills the bench as the first person of color assuming the role and replacing Judge Shaun Floerke, who filled the seat for 30 years. Pearson took his oath at the St. Louis County Court House in Duluth Friday afternoon. Some of his previous work includes representing parents in child protections matters and volunteering as an attorney for the children’s law center in Minnesota. He also sits on the board of the Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial.