And in New York, the first Muslim woman to serve as a U.S. judge was found dead in the Hudson River Wednesday. Police say Sheila Abdus-Salaam was found floating in the river near Upper Manhattan, not far from her home in Harlem. Her body was fully clothed and showed no signs of trauma, although her family said an autopsy will determine the cause of death. Judge Abdus-Salaam was appointed to the New York Court of Appeals in 2013 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. In a video for the Citizens Committee for New York City, Abdus-Salaam recalled tracing her ancestry.

Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam: “Researching that history, I discovered that I am the great-granddaughter of slaves. That’s important because this great-granddaughter of slaves is the first African-American woman on the highest court of the state of New York.”

Sheila Abdus-Salaam was 65 years old.