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May 12, 2019 · May 12, 2019. In 1869, when George Lewis Ruffin became the first Black Harvard Law School graduate and later went on to become the first African-America judge in Massachusetts, not many could've imagined the day when the law school would house over 60 students of color.
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 1834–1886. Lawyer, judge. George Lewis Ruffin graduated Harvard Law School just four years after Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. As the first African American graduate of Harvard Law School, Ruffin surmounted the same academic challenges as every student.
Mar 25, 2022 · He was one of the first African Americans to be admitted to the Massachusetts bar, and he became the first African- American judge in Massachusetts. Mr. Ruffin was elected to the House of Representatives and served on the Common Council.
Dec 17, 2018 · What year did Harvard Law School graduate its first African-American student? Hint: George Lewis Ruffin was the first black person to graduate from HLS, and he went on to become the first...
Feb 13, 2004 · George Lewis Ruffin. STACY HAWKINS ADAMS. Feb 13, 2004 Updated Sep 19, 2019. George Lewis Ruffin's love of learning led him to become the first African-American graduate of Harvard...
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin and George Ruffin were eminent African-American residents of the West End in the late nineteenth-century. Josephine’s newspaper, The Woman’s Era , was published from her home and instrumental to the founding of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) in 1896.
