First Black to Take Oath as President of State Bar
From Times Wire Reports
Fred Gray Sr., who defended Rosa Parks in her landmark bus desegregation case and represented victims of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, has broken another racial barrier at 71: He has become the first black president of the Alabama bar.
With his installation today, the civil rights lawyer assumes a post that white attorneys normally achieve in their 50s.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
