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Black History Month: 5 Trailblazing Lawyers

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In 1939, she broke ground yet again as the first African-American woman to be a judge in the United States. Her appointment was to a family court in New York City, where she had a 10-year term. Allen went on to open a law office in Charleston, South Carolina, after the Civil War.

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