Macon Bolling Allen (August 4,1816--June 11,1894) led the way for African Americans to practice law by becoming the first African American licensed to practice law in the United States and the first Black American Justice of the Peace.
Macon Bolling Allen (August 4,1816--June 11,1894) was an African American lawyer and abolitionist. He was the first African American licensed to practice law in the United States and the first Black American Justice of the Peace.