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State Bar & Bar Associations

Nov. 19, 2002

African-American Was First on State Bar Board

LOS ANGELES - Memorial services for Edwin J. Wilson, the first black lawyer to practice in Long Beach and the first African-American elected to the California State Bar Board of Governors, were held Sunday at The Grand in Long Beach.




Edwin J. Wilson 1915-2002
        
By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        LOS ANGELES - Memorial services for Edwin J. Wilson, the first black lawyer to practice in Long Beach and the first Africa...

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