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One of Texas’ first Black lawyers asked to ‘give us a white man’s chance.’ Few remember John Johnson
The first Black lawyer permitted to argue before the Texas Supreme Court was a century ahead of his time.
The Texas Supreme Court rolls showing John Johnson on the second line from the top. He was the first Black lawyer allowed to appear before the state s highest court.(Courtesy of John Browning)
Long before there was a Martin Luther King Jr. dreaming of equality and a Thurgood Marshall filing landmark civil rights lawsuits in the 20th century, there was John N. Johnson of Brazos County doing the same, only he did it in the previous century.
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Holly Rees, who served in World War II and was active in the Bryan-College Station community, died Monday at 94.
Rees was a hall of fame member of the Bryan Rotary Club. He also was a member of American Legion Post 159 for 15 years, involved with the Boy Scouts and taught Sunday school, among other community endeavors.
Rees was born in Prescott Ariz., on Jan. 21, 1926. He enlisted in the Army in June 1944, three days after graduating high school. He spent 12 weeks training in California â three short of the requirement of 15. On May 11, 1945, Rees arrived with the Company I, 184th Infantry of the 7th Infantry Division to fight in the Battle of Okinawa, which was the last and largest Pacific island battle of the war. For 32 days, Rees and other Americans and Allies fought Japanese soldiers at close range along Okinawaâs east coast.