Sunday, June 17, 2018

On This Date in Minnesota History: June 17


June 17, 1889 – Fredrick L. McGhee had the distinction of becoming the first African American to practice at the bar of the Supreme Court of Minnesota.1


Fredrick L. McGhee2

“Born a slave in Mississippi in 1861, McGhee would take on civil rights cases and serve as an emissary to Catholic prelates in Minnesota. In 1905 he would help the organizational precursor to the NAACP, the Niagara Conference. He died September 19, 1912, in St. Paul.”3

1The Appeal; June 22, 1889; p. 1.

2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrick_McGhee

3http://www.mnopedia.org/thisday

Remembering Fredrick L. McGhee—Celebrating Black History Month in Minn.; see blog Feb. 1, 2014.
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