Leading, noteworthy black lawyers in history, ground breaking African American attorneys incl Jane Bolin Johnnie Cochran, Barack Obama, Willie Gary, Charles Hamilton Houston, Fred Gray, Charlottes, Charlotte E. Ray overcame bias, barriers into the legal profession, black attorneys make up 13% of laywyers the legal profession
It isn’t quite accurate to say that Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Just over 50 years ago, Pauli Murray nominated herself, which isn’t even the most impressive thing she accomplished in her remarkable life.