Article & Video: The First Black law firm in America was started in Charleston, Duration: 9:20
Subject
William James Whipper
Title
Article & Video: The First Black law firm in America was started in Charleston, Duration: 9:20
Date
2/25/2021
Type
Article & Video
Description
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Live 5 News (WCSC) features a short article and 9-minute video (2021) on the first Black law firm in the United States, located in Charleston, South Carolina. The source presents an account of the work of the three African American attorneys who founded the firm- William J. Whipper, Robert Brown Elliott and Macon B. Allen. Damon Fordham, a Citadel and Charleston Southern University history professor, discusses the significance of the law firm and its impact on the Klu Klux Klan.
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Live 5 News (WCSC) features a short article and 9-minute video (2021) on the first Black law firm in the United States, located in Charleston, South Carolina. The source presents an account of the work of the three African American attorneys who founded the firm- William J. Whipper, Robert Brown Elliott and Macon B. Allen. Damon Fordham, a Citadel and Charleston Southern University history professor, discusses the significance of the law firm and its impact on the Klu Klux Klan.
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Live 5 News (WCSC)
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