Law class of 1879 on steps of Old Capitol, The University of Iowa

Law class of 1879 on steps of Old Capitol, The University of Iowa

Photograph includes Alexander G. Clark Jr. (7th from left, back row). His father, Alexander Clark Sr. was denied entrance to the University of Iowa's law school. He fought to get his son, Alexander G. Clark Jr., admitted. In 1879 Alexander G. Clark Jr. became the first Black person to graduate from that school. The senior Clark became the second Black University of Iowa law graduate in 1884, graduating eighth in a class of 80. Later, father and son practiced in Iowa and Illinois.

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1879

2010-06-24

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