List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Massachusetts

This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Massachusetts. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to obtain a law degree or become a political figure.

Firsts in state history

  • Macon Bolling Allen (1845):[1] First African American male lawyer in Massachusetts
  • George L. Ruffin (1869):[2][3] First African American male judge (1883) in Massachusetts
  • Harry Dow (1929):[4][5] First Chinese American male lawyer in Massachusetts
  • Roderick L. Ireland (1975):[6] First African American male appointed as a Justice (1997) and Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court (2000)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "America's first Black Lawyer, Macon B. Allen | African American Registry". www.aaregistry.org. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  2. ↑ Sollors, Werner; Titcomb, Caldwell; Underwood, Thomas A. (March 1993). Blacks at Harvard: A Documentary History of African-American Experience at Harvard and Radcliffe. NYU Press. ISBN 9780814779736.
  3. ↑ Adams, Stacy Hawkins. "George Lewis Ruffin". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2018-01-11.
  4. ↑ "First Chinese lawyer in Mass. honored at alma mater Suffolk University – Sampan.org". sampan.org. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  5. ↑ "First Chinese lawyer in Mass. honored at alma mater Suffolk University". sampan.org. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  6. ↑ "Roderick Ireland - College of Social Sciences and Humanities". College of Social Sciences and Humanities. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
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