In 1847, George B. Vashon had obtained two college degrees and completed a mentorship with a local judge.
That mattered not, though, when he applied for admission to his hometown bar in Allegheny County, Pa.
George B. Vashon earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Oberlin College, completed a mentorship with a Pennsylvania judge and was admitted to practice law in New York and before the U.S. Supreme Court. But in 1847, Vashon was denied admission to his hometown bar in Allegheny County, Pa., because he was black. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week, in what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind order, called that level of discrimination "intolerable" and posthumously admitted Vashon to the Pennsylvania Bar.
May 11, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In 1847, George B. Vashon had obtained two college degrees and completed a mentorship with a local judge.
That mattered not, though, when he applied for admission to his hometown bar in Allegheny County, Pa.
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