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Macon Bolling Allen (born Allen Macon Bolling; August 4, 1816 – October 15, 1894) was an American attorney who is 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 Judicial Circuit (2014–2020); Georgia Court of Appeals (2020–2021); Georgia Supreme Court (2021– ) Georgia: active: Charles Swinger Conley [171] Macon County Court of Common Pleas (elec. 1972) Alabama: deceased: C. Ellen Connally [172] Cleveland Municipal Court (1980–2004) Ohio: deceased: Annette Cook [27] Office of Administrative ...
First African American to win a Pulitzer Prize: Gwendolyn Brooks (book of poetry, Annie Allen, 1949) [194] Ralph Bunche First African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize : Ralph Bunche [ 195 ] First African American to receive a " lifetime " appointment as federal judge: William H. Hastie , U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [ 196 ]
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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.
Massachusetts General Colored Association Notice, April 27, 1833 in The Liberator (anti-slavery newspaper). The Massachusetts General Colored Association was organized in Boston in 1826 to combat slavery and racism.
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A Cleveland police officer was shot around 1 a.m. Thursday and died at the hospital from his injuries.. The slain officer was 27-year-old Jamieson Ritter, who graduated from the University of ...