Edward Garrison Draper Posthumously Admitted to MD State Bar 166 Years After Being Blocked
Edward Garrison Draper has been admitted to the Maryland State Bar by Maryland’s Supreme Court 166 years after he was first blocked from practicing law in the state. Born in Maryland in 1834, Draper should have become Maryland’s first Black lawyer when he applied in 1857, reports Bloomberg Law. However, a Baltimore judge said Draper was […]