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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]

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3. www.blackpast.org › ruffin-george-lewis-1834a-1886George Lewis Ruffin (1834-1886) - Blackpast

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   Jan 19, 2007 · George Lewis Ruffin. Photo by Melvin Robbins, Courtesy Harvard Law Library. 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.

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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.

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   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.

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   Mar 22, 2022 · 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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   In celebration of his work and life, the Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society was founded in 1984, and supports minority professionals in the Massachusetts criminal justice system. George Lewis Ruffin was born in Richmond, Virginia.

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   Who was George Lewis Ruffin?

   • George Lewis Ruffin (December 16, 1834 – November 19, 1886) was a barber, attorney, politician and judge. In 1869 he graduated from Harvard Law School, the first African American to do so.

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   • George Lewis Ruffin (December 16, 1834 – November 19, 1886) was a 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.

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   What is the Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society?

   • In 1984 the Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society was established by Black senior-level criminal justice professionals in Massachusetts, led by Judge Julian Houston. The Society, hosted by Northeastern University, encouraged greater understanding between the Black community and criminal justice professionals.

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   • A man described by the Orange County Sheriff's Office as a wanted suspect, 39-year-old Lewis Ruffin Jr., was shot and killed by deputies on Tuesday. A tip about the wanted man's whereabouts brought deputies to Pendleton Drive around 11 a.m. Tuesday. Sheriff John Mina says the call came from Ruffin's girlfriend. "Obviously, she was frightened.

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   JUDGE GEORGE LEWIS RUFFIN by Jessie H. Roy A beautiful and useful life is a blessing to all man kind. It blesses him who lives it and those who come into contact with him. Such a life was that of Judge Lewis Ruffin, the first Negro judge of the state of Massa chusetts. Mr. Ruffin was born in Richmond, Virginia, Decem