On this day, Macon B. Allen was elected judge of the Inferior Court of Charleston, becoming the first African American to hold a major judicial position at the municipal level. Previously, Allen had already made history as the first Black licensed lawyer in the United States (1844, Maine). His 1872 election made him the second African American to hold a significant judicial role in U.S. history and a trailblazer in municipal justice.
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