America’s first Black lawyer started in Maine. His only known portrait has been missing for decades.
Macon Bolling Allen went on to become the nation's first African American judge and was a partner at the first Black-led firm ...
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Honoring Black History: JR Clifford, the first African-American lawyer in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — J.R. Clifford was many things, an activist, an educator, a journalist, a veteran and the first African-American lawyer in the state of West Virginia. Through the ...
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America’s first Black lawyer started in Maine. His only known portrait has been missing for decades.
He arrived to Portland in 1844 at the ... “Three African American lawyers in 120 years!” the article reads. It wasn’t until 2000 that Maine would welcome its first Black judge, Rick Lawrence.
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America's first Black lawyer started in Maine. His only known portrait has been missing for decades.
He arrived to Portland in 1844 at the ... "Three African American lawyers in 120 years!" the article reads. It wasn't until 2000 that Maine would welcome its first Black judge, Rick Lawrence.