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.

The portrait arrived in Portland in 1873. Its subject, Macon Bolling Allen, was admitted to the Maine bar decades earlier as the nation's first Black lawyer. His picture hung at City Hall for several ...

PARMA, Ohio (WOIO)—The City of Parma will hold a special street naming ceremony Friday to honor Sergeant Nicholas Hunter, the city’s first African American ... to law enforcement in the ...

These are just a few of the figures whose influence is still felt among the local African American community. Perry was the first woman in ... Glover worked 37 years in law enforcement and was ...

The Congressional Medal of Honor is the highest award that this nation bestows on its members of the military. In order to ...

Davis opened one of the first African-American law offices in Tarrant County and was one of the first Black district judges appointed in Tarrant County. He died Saturday at the age of 100.

Tallahassee State College has released its 25th annual Cherry Hall Alexander African American ... first Black female chief of police after her promotion in the department. She has had a law ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — As Black History Month continues, Rochester celebrates its legacy of trailblazers with a focus on “firsts” in the community. Among these pioneers is Judge Fatimat Reid, the ...