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Black History Month: 5 Trailblazing Lawyers

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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. working as an attorney in 1873 for the Land and Improvement Association (Find Law). After Reconstruction, Allen moved to Washington, D.C.,

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