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George Lewis Ruffin (December 16, 1834 – November 19, 1886) was an American barber, attorney, politician, and judge. In 1869, he graduated from Harvard Law School, the first African American to do so. He was also the first African American elected to the Boston City Council. [ 1]
George Lewis Ruffin (16 December 1834 - 19 November 1886) Was an American attorney and judge. In 1869 he was the first African American to graduate from Harvard Law School, and was elected as the...
Jan 19, 2007 · George Lewis Ruffin was born December 16, 1834 in Richmond, Virginia, the son of free Blacks. He was educated in Boston, Massachusetts and soon became a force in the city’s civic leadership.
The Poliard Law Firm honors George Lewis Ruffin (December 16, 1834 – November 19, 1886), the first African-American to graduate from Harvard Law School. George Lewis Ruffin was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1834.
Wilkins started his talk with George Lewis Ruffin LL.B. 1869, the first African American to graduate from Harvard Law School, four years after the Civil War, and the first Black person to receive a formal legal education in the United States.
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Sep 30, 2011 · Ruffin served as a Massachusetts court judge until his death 1886, and Grimke, an escaped slave from South Carolina, became national vice president of the NAACP.
