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HONORING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: J. Chester Allen and Elizabeth Allen
Compiled by Shirley Madden, Manistee Area Racial Justice and Diversity Initiative
Feb. 26, 2021
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J. Chester Allen and Elizabeth Fletcher Allen created the Allen & Allen Law Firm. Elizabeth Allen became the first African American female attorney in St. Joseph County in Indiana. (Courtesy photos)Courtesy photoShow MoreShow Less
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President Richard Nixon meeting with the Black Caucus, Augustus Hawkins, William Clay, Ronald Dellums, Robert Finch, George Romney, Ralph Metcalfe, George Collins, Robert Nix, Clark MacGregor, John Conyers, Louis Stokes, Charles Rangel, Donald Rumsfeld, James Hodgson, Parren Mitchell, Shirley Chisholm , Charles Diggs Jr. on March 25, 1971. (Courtesy photo/National Archives) Show MoreShow Less