David Nathanson on Nostr: A #BlackHistoryMonth contribution from the Massachusetts legal community. John S. ...
A #BlackHistoryMonth contribution from the Massachusetts legal community.
John S. Rock: first African-American admitted to the Supreme Court bar ... the day after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment ... on the motion of Charles Sumner.
Also a medical doctor, abolitionist, and public speaker. He is credited with coining the phrase "Black is Beautiful."
Link in following tweet with a rip-roaring speech by him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rock_(abolitionist)
John S. Rock: first African-American admitted to the Supreme Court bar ... the day after the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment ... on the motion of Charles Sumner.
Also a medical doctor, abolitionist, and public speaker. He is credited with coining the phrase "Black is Beautiful."
Link in following tweet with a rip-roaring speech by him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rock_(abolitionist)