Cook County Bar Association
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cook-county-bar-association-273-9472157
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Cook County Bar Association
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The Cook County Bar Association (CCBA), the nation's oldest association of African-American lawyers and judges, was founded in Illinois in 1914. Arkansas attorney Lloyd G. Wheeler, moved to Illinois in 1869 to practice law and he, along with 31 other Black lawyers, began to meet informally to plan protests against discrimination in hotels, theaters, and restaurants, and to address judicial elections and school desegregation. Among the group of Black lawyers was Ida Platt, the first Black woman a
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African-American professional organization (founded 1914)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_County_Bar_Association
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2023-06-05T07:32:52Z
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