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2. Macon Bolling Allen - Wikipedia

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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.

3. List of African American jurists - Wikipedia

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   University of Chicago law professor, ... Macon Bolling Allen [26] Justice of the Peace for Middlesex County (appt. 1848); Inferior Court of Charleston (appt. 1873 ...

4. List of first minority male lawyers and judges in the United ...

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   First African American male lawyers: Moses Simons (1816) [7] and Macon Bolling Allen (1844) [8] [9] [10] First African American male lawyer to win a jury trial: Robert Morris (1847) in 1848 [11] First male lawyer of Czech descent: Augustin Haidusek (c. 1870) [12] First African American male lawyer called to the English Bar: [13] Thomas Morris ...

5. Robert Morris (lawyer) - Wikipedia

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   He was also the first black lawyer to win a lawsuit. [ 2 ] : 96–97 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 ...

6. List of Freemasons (A–D) - Wikipedia

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   James R. Beverley (1894–1967), U.S. lawyer and Attorney General of Puerto Rico. While serving as Attorney General, also served twice as acting governor of Puerto Rico. [10] Howard Landis Bevis (1885–1968), seventh president of Ohio State University. Raised in McMakin Lodge No. 120, Mt. Healthy, Ohio, in 1911 and served as master of same in ...

7. List of homicides in Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Lawyer who turned on Capone, shot while driving, son is namesake of O'Hare Airport: Danny Stanton: 1943-05-05: 1: Chicago mobster and union racketeer, killed in dispute over gambling operations: Lawrence Mangano: Cicero: 1944-08-03: 1: Member of Chicago Outfit shot by several gunmen while pulled over in car [55] James Ragen: 1946-08-15: 1

8. Macon (given name) - Wikipedia

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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

9. Charlotte E. Ray - Wikipedia

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   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.