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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.
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.
The cemetery is the oldest burying ground in the southeast section of Cleveland County, North Carolina. It includes a number of notable gravestones carved from greenish schist and soapstone dating from the 1780s to the 1820s. The cemetery includes 104 gravestones in the North Carolina section of the property, and four gravestones in the South ...
North Carolina Supreme Court (2012–2020) North Carolina: term ended: James A. Beaty Jr. [47] United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina (1994–2018) North Carolina: retired: Diana Becton [48] Contra Costa County Municipal Court (1995–1998); Contra Costa County Superior Court (1998–2017) California: retired ...
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The agreement was presided over by Macon Bolling Allen of the Criminal Court of Charleston and, as a result, the men where not criminally charged for their contributions to the riot. [ 17 ] Bowley, like many other Reconstruction era public officials, could not escape the accusations of corruption or other political guile.
Maxwell filed a lawsuit in May against Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller and the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections over alleged electoral fraud during the May 21 primary election and ...
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