Black History Month Celebrating Black Lawyers!

In what year did Macon Bolling Allen pass the bar exam in Maine?

• 1844

• 1845

• 1846

• 1847

Who was the first black woman to become a lawyer in the United States?

• Charlotte E. Ray

• Kamala Harris

• Michelle Obama

• Rosa Parks

What significant role did Charles Hamilton Houston play in dismantling segregation laws?

• He was a key figure in the Brown v. Board of Education case.

• He was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

• He founded the NAACP.

• He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

Who was the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School and become a judge in the United States?

Thurgood Marshall played a significant role in the United States legal system as the first African American justice of the Supreme Court.

• First African American justice of the Supreme Court

• First African American president

• First African American senator

• First African American governor

Who was the first black woman elected to the United States House of Representatives from a southern state after Reconstruction?

In what year did Johnnie Cochran gain notoriety during the O.J. Simpson trial?

• 1995

• 1994

• 1996

• 1993

Who was the first Black president of the United States of America?

Anita Hill's testimony is associated with which movement?

• Civil Rights Movement

• Me Too Movement

• Women's Suffrage Movement

• Black Lives Matter

In what year did Macon Bolling Allen become the first black person to become a lawyer?

• 1844

• 1850

• 1865

• 1870