Bill Pledger
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title:
Bill Pledger
text:
William Anderson Pledger was a lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician in Georgia. He is credited as the first African American lawyer in Atlanta and his political roles and efforts led the way for many who followed. Pledger was born near Jonesboro in about 1852. His mother was a slave and he had a white father. He studied at Atlanta University and then taught in Athens, Georgia. Early in his career he worked on a railroad with Monroe Morton. Members of the Democratic Party closed the school
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American lawyer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pledger
date created:
2018-02-02T21:08:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T07:02:41Z
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