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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
The National Bar Association (NBA) was founded in 1925 and is the nation's oldest and largest national network of predominantly African-American attorneys and judges. It represents the interests of approximately 67,000 lawyers, judges, law professors, and law students.
First male lawyer of Czech descent: Augustin Haidusek (c. 1870) [12] First African American male lawyer called to the English Bar: [13] Thomas Morris Chester (1870) First deaf male lawyer: Joseph G. Parkinson (1880) [14] First Turkish American male lawyer: James Ben Ali Haggin (c. 1880s) [15] First Chinese male lawyer: Hong Yen Chang (1888) [16]
African-American women lawyers in the United States face "dual discrimination" for being both Black and women. [1] As of 2022, less than 1% of law firm partners were Black women. [2] To fight against discrimination, Black women lawyers have founded numerous advocacy organizations.
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Charlotte E. Ray (January 13, 1850 – January 4, 1911) was an American lawyer. She was the first black American female lawyer in the United States. [1] [2] Ray graduated from Howard University School of Law in 1872.
The annual meetings attracted around 50 lawyers each year. [9] The membership was dominated by lawyers from the American South. [8] The attendance of attorney Lutie Lytle at the NNBA's 1913 meeting made history, as she became the first African-American woman to participate in a national bar association. [10]
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 ...