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Born in Indiana as A. Macon Bolling, he moved to New England at some point in the early 1840s and changed his name to Macon Bolling Allen in Boston in January 1844. [1] Soon after, Allen moved to Portland, Maine and studied law, working as an apprentice to Samuel Fessenden, a local abolitionist and attorney. The Portland District Court rejected ...
According to some sources, Morris and Macon Bolling Allen opened America's first black law office in Boston, [5] but the authors of Sarah's Long Walk say there is "no direct knowledge that [Allen and Morris] ever met", [6] nor is such a partnership mentioned in Emancipation: The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944.
Macon Bolling Allen is believed to be both the first black man licensed to practice law and to hold a judicial position in the United States. Jane Bolin was both the first black woman to graduate from Yale Law School and serve as a judge in the United States. Thurgood Marshall was the first black Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Macon is a masculine given name borne by: Macon Bolling Allen (1816–1894), believed to be the first African American to become a lawyer and to argue before a jury, and the second to hold a judicial position in the United States; Macon Blair (born 1974), American film director, producer, screenwriter, comic book writer and actor
The man who allegedly killed his wife last week in Macon had repeatedly been accused of domestic violence before the fatal shooting, according to the Bibb County district attorney’s office ...
By RYAN GORMAN A young girl missing for more than a decade was reportedly found after a daring rescue operation in Mexico. Sabrina Allen was brought back to Austin, Texas, Tuesday night, according ...
Macon Judicial Circuit (2014–2020); Georgia Court of Appeals (2020–2021); Georgia Supreme Court (2021– ) Georgia: active: Charles Swinger Conley [172] Macon County Court of Common Pleas (elec. 1972) Alabama: deceased: C. Ellen Connally [173] Cleveland Municipal Court (1980–2004) Ohio: deceased: Annette Cook [27] Office of Administrative ...