NEGROES: Lawyer

For the first time in history a Negress was admitted last week to practice before the U. S. Supreme Court. She is Violette N. Anderson of Chicago, and her credentials showed that she had practiced for more than three years before the Supreme Court of Illinois. Before the bar of Justice she stands with privileges equal to those of such eminent practitioners as Charles E. Hughes, John W. Davis; perhaps some day will face them in a great case.

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