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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.
Name Historical significance Violette Neatley Anderson (1882–1937) [1]: First African-American woman to practice law before the United States Supreme Court on January 29, 1926
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.
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Robert A. Pinn (1879): [37] [38] First African American lawyer in Massillon County, Ohio and Stark County, Ohio [39] Clay E. Hunter: [45] First African American male judge in Stark County, Ohio (upon his appointment to the Canton Municipal Court in 1962) Kyle L. Stone (2021): [46] First African-American elected prosecutor in Stark County, Ohio
Dec. 20—LIMA — A Lima woman was charged last week by an Allen County grand jury with involuntary manslaughter and other felonies for providing drugs to a man who subsequently died of an overdose.
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New evidence discovered in the case of a Macon man’s disappearance could drastically change a Bibb County murder trial, attorneys said Monday. ... attorney C. Alan Wheeler. Attorneys recently ...