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Thursday, April 1, 2010

MACON BOLLING ALLEN

"JUSTICE DENIED ANYWHERE DIMINISHES JUSTICE EVERYWHERE." MACON BOLLING ALLEN WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO PRACTICE LAW IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1844. A YEAR LATER HE PASSED THE BAR EXAM IN MASSACHUSETTES & OPENED THE FIRST BLACK LAW FIRM IN THE UNITED STATES. MACON BOLLING ALLEN CONTINUED TO CREATE FIRST FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN 1848 HE COMPLETED THE EXAM AND BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
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