Record #:

43656

Author(s):

Calloway, Mathew

Abstract:

Alexander, a graduate at age 15 from Greensboro's Dudley high School in 1934, was the first black woman to be admitted and graduate from Columbia Law School (1945). She was the second black woman to pass the North Carolina bar exam and first to practice in the state beginning in 1947. She was the first Black woman to argue a case before the North Carolina Supreme Court (1955) and she was a member of the state's first integrated law firm (1966). Her story is told in Dr. Virginia L. Summey's book, "The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within The Courts".

Source:

North Carolina State Bar Journal (NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Fall 2022, p32-34, il

Subject(s):

Alexander, Elreta Melton (1919-1998); Judges--Biography; Judges--Women