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  2. 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]

  3. 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...

  4. Feb 25, 2019 · 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,...

  5. Sep 30, 2011 · George Lewis Ruffin 1869 and Archibald H. Grimke 1874, the first two blacks to graduate from HLS, entered a school that was still a “stronghold of anti-black feeling,” Coquillette said. 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 ...

  6. Feb 10, 2021 · George Lewis Ruffin (December 16, 1834-November 19, 1886) was the first African-American to graduate from Harvard Law School.

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  8. Lawyer & Judge. Originally from Virginia, George Ruffin was the eldest son of free Black parents. His family moved to Boston in response to a law that prohibited free Blacks in Virginia from learning to read or write.