Law School alum was the first woman appointed deputy U.S. solicitor general
By Nadia Alfadel Coloma Jewel C. Stradford Lafontant’s career path was marked by many firsts. In 1946, she became the first African American woman to graduate from the University of Chicago Law School. In 1955, she became the first African American woman to serve as assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois. Then in […]
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